Conflict between self interest and morality
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Self‐sacrifice does not necessarily involve conflict between morality and self‐interest, and when making sacrifices we do not necessarily harm our self‐interest. While people may reasonably care about their own well‐being, a person's well‐being is not, for that person, a source of value or reasons for action. People act for reasons, i.e. for what appears to them to be adequate reasons, regardless of whether or not they serve their well‐being. Sometimes, the reasons that appear to be conclusive, even when conforming with them affects the agent adversely, are moral reasons.
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Conflict between self-interest and morality often occurs while we are making a decision. Some people might think that sacrificing means losing self-interest. But this isn’t the case. Sometimes sacrificing is for the "greater good" and actually counts as a moral value. We take actions based on our "experiences" and what we think is correct to do. These decisions may or may not be in our favour sometimes regardless of the fact that it was done in our self-interest or not.