We've been trained since kindergarten: Be nice, be kind, share, put on a smile. So we're conditioned to squash our natural selfish instincts, and that's the right thing for society.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I think that in today's world, by nature, we are all self-centered. And that often leads to selfishness.
Selfishness is the greatest curse of the human race.
Our true passions are selfish.
We have observed that, in society and the world in which we live, selfishness has increased more than love for others, and that men of good will must work, each with his own strengths and expertise, to ensure that love for others increases until it is equal and possibly exceeds love for oneself.
Let us try to teach generosity and altruism, because we are born selfish.
Altruism is innate, but it's not instinctual. Everybody's wired for it, but a switch has to be flipped.
We are selfish when we are exclusively or predominantly concerned with the good for ourselves. We are altruistic when we are exclusively or predominantly concerned with the good of others.
It's also selfish because it makes you feel good when you help others. I've been helped by acts of kindness from strangers. That's why we're here, after all, to help others.
We inhabit a world where we're taught that we can have what we desire, and tend to act on it - the least we can do is admit to it when we succumb to our instincts.
We are all selfish and I no more trust myself than others with a good motive.