Patur Aval Assur,
It seems we have now circled back to the beginning.
Wheeeeeee!
my contention, though, is that it doesn’t make it more lofty.
Nope. You just wrote,
it might be true that there are reasons that transcend benefit
And if a person acts because of a natural drive that transcends benefit, that is more “lofty” than if a person acts because of a natural drive for benefit.