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Should a person feel guilty for not acting selfishly enough?

According to rational egoism, a person ought to act selfishly -- not in the sense of hurting others, but in the sense of pursuing his own good. If a person fails to do that, should he feel guilty for failing to act morally?

Tjitze de Boer , 03.06.2012, 11:53
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Tjitze de Boer, 07.06.2012, 13:06
Really like how you rephrased it, I wasn't really sure about it the way I had send it in.

Also, I initially meant to send it to the rapid fire queue and only realized my mistake the moment I pressed the send button. >_
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