SELFISHNESS
Normally when we talk about selfishness, the only thing people think about is the negative side of it and unfortunately it should not be so.
selfishness actually means caring only for oneself. selfishness in other words could mean taking good care of urself, that is being contempt with what u have and also being happy with what you have achieved.sometimes we bring up good ideas and when we intend to share our ideas, we are been discouraged and eventually put aside the great ideas we bring up and go with others ideas which wouldn't bring any positive influence to us as compared to the ones we bring up ourselves.
Ayn Rand once said,"A man who does not value himself cannot value anything or anyone".
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on the other hand, selfishness turns to be a bad thing when we don't share our good ideas with others which could at some point help others.selfishness goes with greed.when we keep everything to ourselves, we put ourselves at risk as it is said that no one is perfect and at some point we could make mistakes. when we share our ideas and sometimes our problems, we tend to get very good solutions to them and once again there is a saying which says two heads are better than one .
in most cases the major cause of selfishness is the situation when an individual wants to prove he or she being better than the other which in my view is not necessary because united we stand, divided we fall.
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Selfishness as we now know has its positive and negative sides but in this modern world where everyone wants to be better than the other results in the negative side being exposed more.
thank you.
Good start. But you don't show a deep understanding of the Objectivist definition of selfishness. I recommend reading The Virtue of Selfishness by Ayn Rand. I will give you a 25%.
I think it's safe to say that my adult thinking life started with, or was very much inspired by, Rand. (So much so that you can see it in my name.) I've been wondering lately how much she and I would be in agreement on things, and where we now differ. Ethically, I think we'd be fairly close, as in, rational selfishness is the only moral choice. (It's the "rational" part - the question of what act brings more value - that becomes debatable.) And yet, evolutionary psychology, among other things, forces me to question some of her basic premises. (I often smile thinking about her mockery of Dr Floyd Ferris, and his books like, "Why Do We Think We Think", because I know I am reading similar books. I know it's mostly a criticism of Behaviorism, but a lot of evolutionary psychology could fit under the same title.)
Anyway, I'm currently releasing a series here - Reason and Emotion: The Children of Desire, which is pretty much an exploration of how I currently look at selfishness and ethics. If you have the time or interest, I'd love to hear what you think.
Yes man good start but to earn the @mughat upvote you must get some quotes of Aynn Rand, understand and respond to her Essay "Virtues of Selfishness" here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Virtue_of_Selfishness
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