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Living without a laptop has been harder than the life of a starving AIDS-ridden child with leprosy and a grand total of three fingers. That means I'm going to splurge and buy a laptop when the money I spend on this luxury could easily save the lives of many children, and I'm going to feel damn guilty about it, but do nothing to help those children
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If I take it correctly, by "self-worth" you mean that I value myself less in comparison to other people and ideals. I see absolutely nothing wrong with this. American society and evangelicals could use a lot less self-worth and instead far more consideration for the other peoples of the world. If they value themselves less and concentrate fewer resources on their own shallow purchasing and wasting endeavours, they'll help a lot of people and maybe even find deeper, higher, and cleaner pleasures. That is worth loving.
In a world with naught but selflessness there is nothing that appreciates, and nothing that loves.
True, but this is a fantasy world--don't worry that I'll ever succeed in making one. All I want is for people to realize that they don't need all that they have and want to be happy. This doesn't mean that they have to abandon self-worth, it means they have to adopt another perspective that will lead to a sustainable and environmentally friendly existence.
Walk the path of the wicked, and help up those they knock down.
You mean become a consumer-hypocrite? Who exactly will I help up? Or do you mean live in a consumer society and discourage and vilify consumerism? I like the second one better.
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