Issodhos, only you would ask that question. Have you never considered the interest of another before your own? Do you have a child? A loved one?
Yes to all of your questions, Phil. Was the subjegation of my interest to another's interest altruistic? I do not see how it could be. In placing another's interest before my own, I did what I wished to do -- and was motivated accordingly. In doing so, I found it to be gratifying to do what I thought was the right thing to do. That would be in my interest, would it not?
Yours,
Issodhos