>> It massively increases the probability of people liking you. (Which is,
>> after all, the most important thing in life.)
> 
> I would disagree.  The most important thing to me in life is to be 
> respected.  People who like you but disrespect you are not friends; 
> they're people who generally see you as a means to an end.
> 
> I also rank highly along with respect is that people see me as being 
> ethical, fair, and honest.  I wouldn't give up those principles just to 
> have "people" like me.  People come and go.  Ethics, honesty, fairness - 
> these things stick with you your entire life.

I would say that I want to be liked by the right people.

Those are the kind of people who wouldn't like me if I *wasn't* fair, 
ethical and honest.

Different axioms, same conclusion.

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