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Altruistic Or Selfish

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nailit | 19:02 Wed 01st May 2019 | ChatterBank
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Do you think that Human Beings are selfish by nature or more inclined towards altruism?
I used to be of the opinion that humans were...by and large...essentially selfish creatures and that any act of selflessness was only acted on to serve ones own ends (or at least that of ones own offspring)
My upcoming employment working at the foodbank could be seen as altruistic...but its not! I just want a job. I *DO* however get a sense of satisfaction from the past 8 months of voluntary work, as I have of other voluntary work...
but just makes me wonder why?


Cant help thinking that no matter what 'spin' we put on things that ultimately we are all selfish in one way or another, but in another way we cant but help having some kind of empathy with others as well.
(unless we suffer from some kind of abberation like psychopathy)
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Both. Some are specifically selfish. Some fall to altruism. Humans have a natural arrogant attitude. However, yes some are emphatic, some are sociopaths.
Theland, what happens if you have an incident that makes your jumper unwearable until washed - nosebleed, vomit, any number of things? You then have no wearable jumper

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