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Originally Posted by lostalex
I don't think you really believe that. I think you know that we are all selfish animals in the end. And no matter the motivations, any work of good, even if it's done by someone very evil, is still 1 more work of good in the world. which is a good thing.
Hitler created a brilliant roadway system you know. The trains were always on time under Mussolini.
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Good results are different to good acts. Hitler didn't build the road system to help others, he built it to enable better services for him and his military, and the Mussolini train thing I was always lead to believe was a myth.
medicine sans frontiers is an example of an organisation that does good deeds for no ulterior motive, and finishes with good results.
The quote was about good people doing bad things anyway, so this is veering a little bit away from where I intended to take it.
27-05-2013, 11:54 AM
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