what in my posts implied that the idea would be imperious?
You used the phrase "why no human deserves to have a large ego" loosely. While saying how you wouldn't dip your hand in shit infested water, you relate this to society, which comes across as a deadbeat unwillingness to participate in reality, while being judgmental. An ego doesn't have to be all that big to be despicable.
Not to mention how conceptually you believe in seeking revenge on people who trick you into killing someone else, and how we're inanimate and on course. You're views strike me as backward and limiting, and in a classroom it would be sad for masses to be contained by such beliefs.
Why worry about people who think they are better than yourself ? Don't you know the solution to the problems we have with others can be found in you ? We don't manage ourselves by trying to manage what we cannot. There's no peace there.
It's a big generalisation to say that these motivations are true for all people who put themselves in risky situations for the sake of others. Hypothetically, one might just enjoy the excitement and danger, or the attention that having done something like that brings on them.
"There really isn't time to think to consider "OMG the attention I'm going to get from this!""
Someone who is used to looking for it will already have it in their heads before it happens.
Think of why a total narcissist might want to save lives:
"or "Hmmm.... Maybe I'll feel bad later.""
It's core motivations, the sort of thing they've likely thought about prior, whether through peer modeling or their sense of character.
They are present whether the thoughts are direct or subtler.
I think it is a reflection of a person's character to risk themselves for another. When I see a medic with most of his face and chest ripped off, running around the battlefield, saving as many of his friends as he can before passing out from blood lose, it gives me a different perspective on such situations. He was not a narcissist, nor had he, or anyone there for that matter, considered that specific situation to be a possibility. This was no way to plan for that particular instance, yet he reacted without regard for his own injuries or safety.
Even one example of such a thing occurring, to me, shows that there are people capable of acts of selflessness. Something which I find to be particularly beautiful.
"When I see a medic with most of his face and chest ripped off, running around the battlefield, saving as many of his friends as he can before passing out from blood lose, it gives me a different perspective on such situations."
It doesn't for me as they are still really doing it for themselves regardless of it being a last hurrah. Who they are was what lead to them taking up the role of "medic" in the first place, and whatever traits and thoughts about the world around them are there pushed that need before the situation even arose. Even if the scenario was never thought on itself in advance, the general idea of "I save lives to fulfill my purpose" or even one of many variations of "I am a good person, so I do good things" is still a factor, and to not serve said purpose could cause all sorts of mental crisis. It's how they've been conditioned and how they are wired, and to do otherwise can lead to a death of the self, of the spirit. This protector notion is their shield against themselves, even to the point of their detriment.
Such a person would likely be prone to things like Survivor's Guilt if they couldn't rationalize having done something they find meaningful enough to surpass that potential affliction.
"He was not a narcissist, nor had he, or anyone there for that matter, considered that specific situation to be a possibility."
The narcissist thing was more of an example, not a reflection across all who might want to save lives. My bad for being unclear.