Only incorrigible ideologues persist in spouting the idea that greed and selfishness caused the Great Depression.
Most evolutionists now accept that kindness might be just as ancient and innate as selfishness.
Underneath the gloss of good feeling, Murray conveys the selfishness within his basket case.
Selfishness, it contends, is good, altruism evil, empathy and compassion are irrational and destructive.
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Though Myanmar's neighbours deny it, their soft line stems at least in part from selfishness.
The Pilgrim Fathers hoped for an earthly paradise without the sin and selfishness of the Old World.
Despite what his ideological detractors might suspect, this was not a libertarian embracing the virtue of selfishness.
The problem is that it is full of people who equate national democracy with selfishness and populism.
"The problem with corporate capitalism is that selfishness and greed have become these unmodified values, " Bakan told CNN.
In Africa, a hunger-prone tribe lives in selfishness and conflict, each family member competing with others for food.
Children will often pay the price for the selfishness of their parents and families, of society at large.
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Because the goodness is his true nature, and the selfishness arises from his fear rather than from his heart.
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From the perspective of those individual countries, such selfishness probably felt quite rational.
For us, the key to intimacy is the sharing and minimization of selfishness.
The children of this country can learn in a profound way that integrity is important and selfishness is wrong.
Political opponents chided Mr Rawls for overplaying human decency and underestimating our selfishness.
This I have done because of my personal selfishness and weakness and I love her with all of my heart.
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I'm convinced that, despite what his ideological detractors might suspect, this was not a libertarian embracing the virtue of selfishness.
Mr Ahmadinejad told a press conference after his speech that the countries boycotting the forum were showing "arrogance and selfishness".
One way of describing the evolution of our political and economic models is as a macro trend from selfishness to selflessness.
Evidence against mankind's extreme selfishness is so easy to find look at tipping, child-rearing or charity that even Chicago's economists have noticed it.
While this column will defend neither selfishness nor greed, it will denounce the hypocrisy of those lambasting individualism and personal property rights.
Capitalism may be the sole avenue where otherwise debilitating character traits like greed and selfishness get channeled into harmonious community benefitting all.
In other words the very process of maturation is a journey leading us beyond the innate selfishness we are all born with.
Over the years, many have decried the increasing selfishness of American society.
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This is the virtue in selfishness, because without meeting your own personal needs, you will be of very little use to others.
Steve Jobs was not a man known for his public charity and many people think he was driven by selfishness and greed.
Was it guilt for the selfishness and indifference with which rich people like him treat the poor and the homeless of this city?
The monumental selfishness of separating twin sisters from each other and never letting them know about the other's existence is hard to swallow.
One indication: Deputy Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers last week accused those who propose repealing the tax of "selfishness, " but then issued a public apology.
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