"One could come up with a story about how people are motivated to act selfishly but enjoy acting morally..."
Actually, I think a lot of stories are like that.
Because "CONFLICT IS DRAMA!!!!!1!!!one!!!!", a whole lot of stories I've been reading involve the characters having an arc that goes like this:
-Problem occurs, everyone has different ideas about how to solve it.
-Ignored dissenting character, perhaps with prodding by certain outside forces, blows up, acts like a jerk, and storms off.
-Dissenting character realizes that regardless of... (read more)
"One could come up with a story about how people are motivated to act selfishly but enjoy acting morally..."
Actually, I think a lot of stories are like that.
Because "CONFLICT IS DRAMA!!!!!1!!!one!!!!", a whole lot of stories I've been reading involve the characters having an arc that goes like this:
-Problem occurs, everyone has different ideas about how to solve it. -Ignored dissenting character, perhaps with prodding by certain outside forces, blows up, acts like a jerk, and storms off. -Dissenting character realizes that regardless of... (read more)