"There is no higher purpose than service to others." Do you agree or d

Question: "There is no higher purpose than service to others!." Do you agree or disagree with that statement!? !?
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Service to others shows true humility!.

"Humility is not thinking less of yourself, but thinking of yourself less!."

It's a never ending cycle: in serving others, we gain humility which teaches us to think less of ourselves and more of others, in doing so we learn more of about ourself and inspires us to serve others more!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

First I would like to say I disagree not on the grounds that serving other is bad but that I can think of one purpose better than that!. While serving others is a very noble idea the idea of self improvement is more rewarding for yourself and for those around you!. It is as the wise philosopher Plato once said "The first and greatest victory is to conquer yourself; to be conquered by yourself is of all things most shameful and vile!."Www@QuestionHome@Com

That is a trick statement!. There are only two kinds of "service"!. To others or to oneself!. Even when people are self serving there is usually some sort of benefit to others, such as other self serving people, or a smaller group!. I would have to agree that the greater or higher service inherently has to be for others!. Www@QuestionHome@Com

The standard of value of the Objectivist ethics -- the standard by which one judges what is good or evil -- is man's life, or: that which is required for man's survival qua man!.!.!.!. The Objectivist ethics holds man's life as the standard of value -- and his own life as the ethical purpose of every individual man!.!.!.!. Man must choose his actions, values and goals by the standard of that which is proper to man -- in order to achieve, maintain, fulfill and enjoy that ultimate value, that end in itself, which is his own life!.!.!.!.

The three cardinal values of the Objectivist ethics -- the three values which, together, are the means to and the realization of one's ultimate value, one's own life -- are: Reason, Purpose, Self-Esteem, with their three corresponding virtues: Rationality, Productiveness, Pride!.!.!.!.

[The virtue of pride] means one's rejection of the role of a sacrificial animal, the rejection of any doctrine that preaches self-immolation as a moral virtue or duty!.!.!.!.

The basic social principle of the Objectivist ethics is that just as life is an end in itself, so every living human being is an end in himself, not the means to the ends or the welfare of others -- and, therefore, that man must live for his own sake, neither sacrificing himself to others nor sacrificing others to himself!. To live for his own sake means that the achievement of his own happiness is man's highest moral purpose!.
--Ayn Rand, The Virtue of Selfishness (1964)

The proof of an achieved self-esteem is your soul's shudder of contempt and rebellion against the role of a sacrificial animal, against the vile impertinence of any creed that proposes to immolate the irreplaceable value which is your consciousness and the incomparable glory which is your existence!.
--Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged (1957)

No creator was prompted by a desire to serve his brothers, for his brothers rejected the gift he offered and that gift destroyed the slothful routines of their lives!. His truth was his only motive!. His own truth, and his own work to achieve it in his own way!. A symphony, a book, an engine, a philosophy, an airplane, or a building -- that was his goal and his life!. Not those who heard, read, operated, believed, flew or inhabited the thing he had created!. The creation, not its users!. The creation, not the benefits others derived from it!.
--Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead (1943)

Productive work is the road of man's unlimited achievement and calls upon the highest attributes of his character: his creative ability, his ambitiousness, his self-assertiveness, his refusal to bear uncontested disaster, his dedication to the goal of reshaping the earth in the image of his values!.
--Ayn Rand, The Virtue of Selfishness (1964)

Altruism leads to dictatorship
The distinction between "voluntary service" and "forced service" is a false one!. Already the veneer of "choice" is slipping: Clinton has called for volunteerism to become mandatory in the high-school curriculum and a requirement for high-school graduation!. Dictatorship is a consequence of the morality of altruism!. If it is moral for us to live for others, if each of us is morally the property of others, then there is no moral restriction against forcing us to live for others; it's only a matter of time before we are forced!. If one has a duty to fight for his country, then his country is morally just when it drafts him into the army!. If we are morally obligated to give our money to the poor, then the state is justified in collecting that money!. If we have a duty to live our lives for the needy, then the state is perfectly justified in collecting our lives and using them as it sees fit!. Under the morality of altruism, there are no individual rights, for such rights are rejected as too personal, too private, in essence: "selfish!." And indeed they are selfish!. It is no coincidence that every tyranny in history is based on altruism: sacrifice to the state, sacrifice to the community, sacrifice to the volk, the nation, the race -- and on through the bloodbaths of history!. And it is no coincidence that the freest country in history -- the United States of America -- was founded on an individual's right to the pursuit of his own selfish happiness!.

The social system based on and consonant with the altruist morality -- with the code of self-sacrifice -- is socialism, in all or any of its variants: fascism, Nazism, communism!. All of them treat man as a sacrificial animal to be immolated for the benefit of the group, the tribe, the society, the state!.
--Ayn Rand, Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal (1966)

Altruism is incompatible with freedom, with capitalism and with individual rights!. One cannot combine the pursuit of happiness with the moral status of a sacrificial animal!.
--Ayn Rand, The Virtue of Selfishness (1964)Www@QuestionHome@Com

Mark 12:28-31 The Greatest Commandment

28One of the teachers of the law came and heard them debating!. Noticing that Jesus had given them a good answer, he asked him, "Of all the commandments, which is the most important!?"
29"The most important one," answered Jesus, "is this: 'Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one!. 30Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength!. 31The second is this: 'Love your neighbor as yourself!. There is no commandment greater than these!."

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I definitely agree with the statement!. The dimensions of a person's life can be measured by the causes to which they devote themselves!. What is more rewarding than when we lighten an others burden, unpack his sorrows and remove his despair!?Www@QuestionHome@Com

not really, it depends on the person!. for some the highest purpose is to serve God, others to learn, yet others to create as much as possible!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

yes!.!.i do!.!.!.jesus said so!.!.and i like to serve others!.!.it's gives me a feeling of gratitude when i do something for somone less fortunate than I!. And it also humbles me, which keeps my giant ego in check!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

It depends!.
on theists' opinion- NO!. Because service to God is man's real purpose!.!.service to others may come in as a derivative
on noble atheists' and agnostics' opinion- YES, maybeWww@QuestionHome@Com

'Service to others' Is good!.But you can't say there is no higher purpose!.There is a simple snag in the statement!.What is the purpose of 'others'!?Www@QuestionHome@Com

I agree, just want to go on the record!. I could explain it but I know I'd write a book!.

Not everybody would want to read it!?Www@QuestionHome@Com