Objectivist morality vs. sacrifice pseudo-morality

When you do something for somebody, do you do it because and when you want to, because you feel you have to, or because you expect something in return? (See also Satanic Bible, ch. 7, for a similar discussion.)

The first impulse is that of the objectivist morality, the two others are those of the sacrifice pseudo-morality. In objectivist morality, when you say "Sure, I'll do it, no problem at all, with pleasure," you really mean it. In sacrifice pseudo-morality, you think "oh fuck, another unpleasant request, life sucks", and still say "Sure, I'll do it, no problem at all, with pleasure". According to sacrifice pseudo-morality, it's normal to hate doing something, but do it by sacrificing yourself for others - and then expecting others to do the same for you, or for someone else.

Life sucks, death is cool is the basic premise of sacrifice pseudo-moralities... Again, notice that pseudo-morality is based on hypocrisy and a negative view of life, whereas true morality is based on sincerity and a positive view of life.

In objectivist morality, you don't owe anything to anybody, and nobody owes anything to you. Therefore, you can be grateful to somebody for giving you something, but you cannot be resentful to somebody for refusing to give you something. A sacrifice pseudo-morality follower will grant you a zero or a +1 at most for doing something for him, and a -5 for refusing to do it, whereas an objectivist will give you zero for refusing to do it, and a +1 or +2 for doing it.

2008-03-08