517. Realistic Expectations After Having Discarded The Myth Of The Free Will
This is the reply to a comment on entry 515.
I am fully aware, that I can only expect good behavior from people, whose reasons for treating me well are beneficial for themselves according to any of the varieties described in entry 512. As long as there is no such reason or as long as I am ignorant of them having such reasons, I consider people as a possible hazard for being hurt or harmed. I am reluctant to trust and rely upon anybody, unless I know, what benefits they get or expect from me in return.
This is the reply to a comment on entry 515.
I am fully aware, that I can only expect good behavior from people, whose reasons for treating me well are beneficial for themselves according to any of the varieties described in entry 512. As long as there is no such reason or as long as I am ignorant of them having such reasons, I consider people as a possible hazard for being hurt or harmed. I am reluctant to trust and rely upon anybody, unless I know, what benefits they get or expect from me in return.
This is important for the choice of a mindmate, whom I need to be reliable and trustworthy enough to make a relationship a safe haven.
I can realistically expect to be treated with behavior determined by care, consideration and responsibility only under at least the following conditions:
1. The partner knows, what I subjectively experience as such behavior and what is required from him to provide me with this experience.
2. The partner derives benefits from being with me and is fully aware of them. He appreciates the benefits without taking them for granted or feeling entitled to have them.
1. The partner knows, what I subjectively experience as such behavior and what is required from him to provide me with this experience.
2. The partner derives benefits from being with me and is fully aware of them. He appreciates the benefits without taking them for granted or feeling entitled to have them.
2.1. He either evaluates the benefits as sufficient to justify to himself all the necessary disadvantages to earn them.
2.2. Or the benefits happen to be simultaneously beneficial for him and for me.
3. The partner bases his behavior consistently upon the expectation and anticipation of maintaining long term benefits and upon the realistic knowledge of the consequences for himself if behaving otherwise.
This of course has to be reciprocal. I can only earn a safe haven for myself, if what I can offer is also perceived as sufficiently beneficial by the partner.
I am realistic. If someone is selfish, has entitlement delusions, takes one sided advantages for granted, then there is nothing to be done except to protect myself by keeping at a safe distance from such a jerk. An entitlement delusion to perceive a woman as a utility is not a decision of a free will to change. It is a predisposition of a jerk's brain, which makes being with him a hazard.
As long as someone feels good about himself and about his own behavior, he will not change, no matter what I do or say. Jerks cannot be changed, only avoided.
2.2. Or the benefits happen to be simultaneously beneficial for him and for me.
3. The partner bases his behavior consistently upon the expectation and anticipation of maintaining long term benefits and upon the realistic knowledge of the consequences for himself if behaving otherwise.
This of course has to be reciprocal. I can only earn a safe haven for myself, if what I can offer is also perceived as sufficiently beneficial by the partner.
I am realistic. If someone is selfish, has entitlement delusions, takes one sided advantages for granted, then there is nothing to be done except to protect myself by keeping at a safe distance from such a jerk. An entitlement delusion to perceive a woman as a utility is not a decision of a free will to change. It is a predisposition of a jerk's brain, which makes being with him a hazard.
As long as someone feels good about himself and about his own behavior, he will not change, no matter what I do or say. Jerks cannot be changed, only avoided.
