you asked the same question about religion...
do we live in a world so machiavellian that everything we do must
result in some profit for ourselves?
where does altruism or just doing something good for someone else
lie then?
if that is dead, the world is doomed...
p.s. we all strive to be a gentleman.. few if any reach that.. even
Sir Launcelot of the Lake, the greatest of them all was found
wanting..
we never achieve perfection, but in the pursuit of it, we find our
humanity.. in the pursuit of it, we define ourselves more than mere
animals...
if an animal can do something as noble as protect and love its
master unconditionally, dare we, as humans, do less?