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The Japanese have this term "intoku (陰徳)" which roughly translates to good deeds done in secret. What are some examples of intoku in your own life? Doesn't matter even if it's something minor like picking up trash.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 17 hours ago

Masturbation.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (3 children)

To do good when nobody is looking and to not pride yourself or adknolwedge that you do it is very close to the concept of 'real virtue'. False virtue is what most practice, doing good things to feel morally superior, or to brag about it on social media to look good in the eyes of others, or to earn brownie points with their god for a personal paradise afterlife as a reward, any good that these people do are not truly virtuous.

Anyone sharing their feel good stories here would be practicing false virtue out of definition. A truly good and virtuous person wouldn't even recognize themselves picking up the trash or voulenteering the homeless shelter as 'good' actions or themselves as good people for doing them.

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