The cynicism lies in thinking that this is a motive (it’s not, not in any ordinary sense; do I have a “motive” of being drawn toward the center of the Earth?), and also in thinking that this somehow devalues actual human capacities for rationality, love, altruism, etc.
The cynicism lies in thinking that this is a motive (it’s not, not in any ordinary sense; do I have a “motive” of being drawn toward the center of the Earth?), and also in thinking that this somehow devalues actual human capacities for rationality, love, altruism, etc.