DanielLC comments on Rationality Quotes March 2014 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: DanielLC 25 March 2014 09:57:39PM -1 points [-]

That last sentence makes it sound like it makes you selfish and hard-hearted. I noticed it could be interpreted to be that it will make you at least one, which seems more accurate. If you desire to be kind-hearted and help others, you will either have to accept that you can't help others if you're kind-hearted, or stop trying to help others. You don't have to be selfish and you don't have to be hard-hearted, but you do have to be selfish or hard-hearted.

Also, considering Mill is considered the father of Utilitarianism, it seems unlikely that he was preaching egoism.