I remember this discussed in spiritual-ish self-help sort of stuff, plausibly De Mello[1]. I would also expect something like that to be found in the foundational texts of Daoism, maybe Buddhism, too.
Well, actually, the whole thing about the tails of [“welfare” and “preference” (and other stuff) as the foci of altruistic caring] coming apart has gotten quite a lot of treatment, e.g., https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/oXQDcyXJpMQTbaTMS/in-search-of-benevolence-or-what-should-you-get-clippy-for.
not an endorsement, but the law of equal and opposite advice applies.
I remember this discussed in spiritual-ish self-help sort of stuff, plausibly De Mello[1]. I would also expect something like that to be found in the foundational texts of Daoism, maybe Buddhism, too.
Well, actually, the whole thing about the tails of [“welfare” and “preference” (and other stuff) as the foci of altruistic caring] coming apart has gotten quite a lot of treatment, e.g., https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/oXQDcyXJpMQTbaTMS/in-search-of-benevolence-or-what-should-you-get-clippy-for.
not an endorsement, but the law of equal and opposite advice applies.