Love is the most selfish emotion to feel

Introduction: Okay, I would like to first and foremost apologize to my opponent. I had written my response to what he had said right when I had woke up, and, as a consequence, misread his points. Now that I have reread them and noticed the glaringly obvious mistakes I have made, I, once again, would like to apologize. I would wish for the readers to disregard my rebuttals, as they ultimately led nowhere. That being said, as my opponent has addressed my points, I will continue on with rebuttals. Rebuttal 1: Okay, I agree with your first point. Love is selfish. Cool. However, let’s move on to your coping mechanisms argument. “Love is a coping mechanism because, simply, if one feel affection for another they will much mroe willingly serve its needs. It's cause and effect, examples are int he sacrifices anyone in a relationship must undergo to get along with the partner. It is seen in everyday life. Women in abusive relationships whom still love their partner after all the pain and children who love parents despite having cigarette buds put out on their arms leaving burning red marks both are brutally honest examples of this being true. A coping mechanism is selfish as it profits the person much more than a mechanism which does not assist coping.” This is important. If love as a coping mechanism still makes the individual the love is being expressed for pleasure and profitability, then it is not as selfish – although, it is still selfish on a base level – as other emotions can be (see Point 2). In fact, they are sacrificing for the sake of the relationship. While this still deals with their own personal profit, as they wish to seek the love through this sacrifice, they are still putting their own well-being on the line for the feeling. Rebuttal 2: I wish to thank my opponent for justifying why greed is an emotion. In regards to your last point, cool deal. I agree with most of your statements regarding why most emotions are not selfish: all but greed (and, by proxy, lust) and envy. “Greed is the inordinate desire to possess wealth, goods, or objects of abstract value with the intention to keep it for one's self, far beyond the dictates of basic survival and comfort.” [1] I have already provided a definition for envy. My primary reasons for this rebuttal as to why I do not regard these as dismissible are in Points 1 and 2. Point 1: As I have said, though, your definition does not state that the action itself must be profitable; simply that the end goal in mind is profitable, or the end goal itself is profitable. Greed, by its very definition, is being concerned chiefly with personal profit or pleasure. Having an active desire to seek out and possess wealth and goods, while it can have negative feelings derived from it, is still concerning itself with profitibility or pleasure, despite the negative means. They are still striving (and concerning themselves) for profit and pleasure. Therefore, greed is practically synonymous with our chosen definition of selfishness. Point 2: Love, while also being selfish, is not as selfish as greed is. While love concerns chiefly with personal profit and pleasure, it also concerns itself with the profit and pleasure of the person the individual is in love with (in regards to loves that involve another person). Therefore, I conclude that a love of this nature, while selfish, is not nearly as selfish as greed is, as greed does not have any regard to the profit and pleasure of others, but simply for themselves. By proxy, lust is also more selfish than love, too. Furthermore, not even happiness or excitement are concerned whatsoever with the profitability and pleasure of another individual; nor is envy. Therefore, I conclude that love is, actually, one of the least selfish emotions one can feel. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org...