One may actually turn on oneself.
So, if one wishes others to confer benefits on oneself, one confers benefits on them.
"This sentiment is one that is applied only to others, never to oneself, and real morality starts with demands one makes on oneself," he wrote.
The imposition, on oneself or one's family, of a regime of objective record keeping seemed ridiculous.
If there is more value in benefiting oneself or one's family and friends than there is disvalue in letting strangers die (without killing them), then spending resources on oneself or one's family and friends would maximize the good.
Why take out one's disappointment on oneself by putting oneself in an early grave?
So when one senses an obligation one senses a character of oneself, a claim on oneself to act in a certain way.
To write is to sit in judgment on oneself".
He realised that experimenting on oneself with a drug whose nature was to distort sensations and impressions was not enough.
The effect on oneself became the primary consideration for making decisions.
"As is frequently the case with work in architecture, work on philosophy is actually closer to working on oneself.
