Search results for "Selfishness" - New World Encyclopedia

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  • in the free market is a check on selfishness that benefits society ... out cases of conflict and of the narrow selfishness of human motives. This ...
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  • is the accomplished type of vulgar and brutal selfishness, unredeemed by a single human feature–even his fondly doting mother (Mrs. Protakov, from ...
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  • that humanity might rise above greed, selfishness, ignorance and hatred and build a world in which all people have due regard for the welfare ...
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  • Becker also noted that the root of evil lies in the selfishness of ... of evil and the cause of human suffering is selfishness: ...
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  • interest, he distinguished this from selfishness, and rather saw human ... adverse judgment, as would be the word selfishness (1850). ...
    23 KB (3,509 words) - 10:54, 19 December 2023
  • is only when human nature changes from selfishness to caring for others and ... is only when human nature changes from selfishness to caring for others and ...
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  • arose from basic human instincts and natural selfishness prompting the individual to act for his own benefit, and social freedom which was achieved ...
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  • that humanity is a practical species full of selfishness and other flaws. Situational ethics is subjective, because decisions are made by the individual ...
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  • :Do nothing from selfishness or conceit, but in humility count others ... *Rand, Ayn. 1964. The Virtue of Selfishness. New York: Signet. ISBN ...
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  • and was generous to a fault. Malice, envy or selfishness were not traits of his, and he never lost his temper (Outcault 1995). Average readers ...
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  • purify her motives, help her to overcome all selfishness, and unite her more closely with her beloved divine Spouse. She wrote to her spiritual ...
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  • to gradually let go of attachments such as selfishness, jealousy, pursuit, lust, zealotry and greed. Li Hongzhi teaches that though the purpose ...
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  • under apparent sympathy, have their roots in selfishness. Hutcheson not only maintains that benevolence is the sole and direct source of many actions ...
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  • Hobbes went to the one extreme of postulating selfishness as the sole motive of human action, Cumberland was equally extravagant as regards to benevolence ...
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  • Rauschenbusch urged Christians to replace selfishness with love as the basis of human society. The mission of the church, he taught, is not merely ...
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  • develops, overcoming the nature of selfishness, and learns to live in harmony working for the benefit of the whole, mutiny becomes unnecessary. ...
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  • replaced by courage. The rigid bonds of his selfishness are broken down by a taste of the gratification of unselfishness. Joy wells up and streams over ...
    14 KB (2,212 words) - 02:44, 16 December 2022
  • The concept of excessive selfishness has been recognized throughout ... self-importance"), namely selfishness, entitlement, lack of ...
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  • was the purgation of self and selfishness, and obedience was seen as a path to that perfection. It was sacred duty to execute the abbot's ...
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  • Chakkō: Sharing with others. Overcoming selfishness. == Nanak in folklore == There are numerous tales relating to Nanak. One such tale narrates ...
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