What makes a person selfish?
Now a days when people be nice, they get taken advantage of...
And if don't be nice, they get called selfish.
And if don't be nice, they get called selfish.
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DeWayfarer · 61-69, M
https://www.wordnik.com/words/selfish
Given there are seven slightly different definitions, there's got to be more than one reason.
It's like explaining fruit. There are many types.
selfish /sĕl′fĭsh/
adjective
1. Concerned chiefly or excessively with oneself, and having little regard for others.
"a selfish child who wouldn't share toys."
2. Showing or arising from an excessive concern with oneself and a lack of concern for others.
"a selfish whim."
3. Caring supremely or unduly for one's self; regarding one's own comfort, advantage, etc., in disregard, or at the expense, of those of others.
4. Believing or teaching that the chief motives of human action are derived from love of self.
5. Holding one’s self-interest as the standard for decision making.
6. Having regard for oneself above others’ well-being.
7. Concerned chiefly or only with yourself and your advantage to the exclusion of others.
adjective
1. Concerned chiefly or excessively with oneself, and having little regard for others.
"a selfish child who wouldn't share toys."
2. Showing or arising from an excessive concern with oneself and a lack of concern for others.
"a selfish whim."
3. Caring supremely or unduly for one's self; regarding one's own comfort, advantage, etc., in disregard, or at the expense, of those of others.
4. Believing or teaching that the chief motives of human action are derived from love of self.
5. Holding one’s self-interest as the standard for decision making.
6. Having regard for oneself above others’ well-being.
7. Concerned chiefly or only with yourself and your advantage to the exclusion of others.
Given there are seven slightly different definitions, there's got to be more than one reason.
It's like explaining fruit. There are many types.