Search results for: "are humans inherently selfish" (10 results)
]” adherents of reducing all social endeavor to selfishness, “the maxim . . . that society and the government are made for the greatest good of the greatest
within any given population, they are subject to subversion from within by other traits that are more evolutionarily selfish. These more selfish traits
information, and communication. We are also the recent inheritors of the industrial, technological, and computer revolutions; of modern markets, which have
given population, they are subject to subversion from within by other traits that are more evolutionarily selfish. These more selfish traits would give
as human liberty to act unless those acts directly harmed others. But some Americans, informed by David Hume’s view that humans are inherently
informed by David Hume’s view that humans are in- herently sociable,107 defined natural law in terms of social obligations, too. “Man, as a being
ignorance, selfishness, spite, or a refusal to ponder one’s own mortality, are deemed legally sufficient to justify enormous social waste. In the home
SCIENCE OF MIND 220-46 (2d ed. 2004); RICHARD DAWKINS, THE SELFISH GENE 88-108 (2d ed. 1989). Household relationships thus are more likely to involve
the decision. Still, forcing a deci- sion-maker to present an other-regarding reason precludes decisions that are en- tirely selfish; thus even a small
hand. But what happens when the government cannot publicly reveal the reasons for its decisions? Many classified national security decisions are made