Philosominute 4: Are people truly selfless?

The Philosominute · May 1, 2026 · 4m

Are people generally good, or are they only good because they want everyone else to be good? We're not answering that today. We're going to focus instead on people making decisions based on what they think everyone else's decisions will be.

You can read more of my notes on the subject at github.com/phileosopher/commonplace or stucky.tech/notes.

Specific notes:

stucky.tech/notes/philosophy-paradoxes.md

stucky.tech/notes/science.md

stucky.tech/notes/morality.md

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