Quote Originally Posted by TuffStuffMcGruff View Post
That is advanced egoism, Frag. What reciprocity would you get from jumping in front of a bullet and dying to save a life? Altruism is very real, but not common.
72 virgins, hall of fame, maybe unconciously the survival of the species. Some argue that altruism is actually an advanced sort of egoism, qui pro quo, cash the cheque later. That is not to say that there aren't exceptional individuals, that brittish soldier that throwed himselve on a grenade to save his buddies. But maybe not even him because he cared so deeply about his buddies, even that could be considered egoistic in a twisted sort of way.