oh man, i kinda made the assumption that we didn't actually know what the officer's intentions were, so i apologize for that.
i guess my point is that you don't have to receive self gratification to do something that is right (i.e. giving a homeless man a pair of shoes).
no worries, this is just a discussion.
the definition provided goes on to mention several materialistic rewards such as fame, position, money, etc. for the example of the police officer, those would apply. in that case, if the officer were giving as a selfless act, they do not expect to...
no, that first part suggests that the doer doesn't expect to receive something in return. whether they receive something or not is irrelevant. receiving something doesn't change the intention of the act. there's a difference between doing a good deed because you receive something in return and...
no, that's not what a selfless act would be, by definition.
self·less [self-lis] Show IPA
adjective
having little or no concern for oneself, especially with regard to fame, position, money, etc.; unselfish.
it has nothing to do with whether you receive something, even a "good feeling". it...
maybe if news articles were accepted by the scientific community as "research". you should link to actually research that supports your claims. this should be easy since you insist that your claims are true. although, i've asked for this before and you failed to deliver.
the part about the americas is interesting because we have zero evidence that there were israelites in the americas when the book of mormon claims. i brought this up a few pages ago because i was interested to see what the nt mormons had to say about it.