The selfish nature of humans

Selfishness. A personality trait that only bad people have. Incorrect. Selfishness is part of the nature of every living human being. Despite what all humans may believe selfishness is a part of all of us and is the driving force behind everything we do. In order to survive humans must be selfish and think of their own needs above other peoples. We must be selfish to our surrounding environment by using the resources essential to humans that our environment bears. Strangely enough it is often considered an insult to be called selfish.

All the people I questioned perceived selfishness as being a bad personal quality to hold when they were first asked what they thought of selfishness. Though when the topic was given consideration some interesting discoveries were made. According to the Oxford dictionary being selfish is being ‘concerned with one's own interests or pleasure.' Do we not all, if only in our thoughts, put our own interests first? A......

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Title: Selfishness
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Approximate Pages: 4 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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