Air personalities tend to be kind, intellectual, communicative and social ; however, they can also be selfish, superficial, vicious and very insensitive to other people's emotions.

Definitions of evil vary, as does the analysis of its root motives and causes ; however, evil is commonly associated with conscious and deliberate wrongdoing, discrimination designed to harm others, humiliation of people designed to diminish their psychological well-being and dignity, destructiveness, motives of causing pain or suffering for selfish or malicious intentions, and acts of unnecessary or indiscriminate violence.

Typically, the DNA transferred consists of the genes required to make and transfer pili ( often encoded on a plasmid ), and so is a kind of selfish DNA ; however, other pieces of DNA are often co-transferred and this can result in dissemination of genetic traits, such as antibiotic resistance, among a bacterial population.

On his deathbed, Mr. Dashwood extracts a promise from his son, that he will take care of his half-sisters ; however, John's selfish and greedy wife, Fanny, soon persuades him to renege.

John of Marmoutier describes Geoffrey as handsome, red-headed, jovial, and a great warrior ; however, Ralph of Diceto alleges that his charm camouflaged a cold and selfish character.

She is also partly selfish, wanting Neville to marry her son to keep the jewels in the family ; she's blissfully unaware however, that Tony and Neville despise each other, and that Constance is in fact planning to flee to France with Hastings.

She is frequently, however, just as insensitive and selfish as Robert is and just as eager to put Maggie in a home.

Psychological egoism explains all scenarios entirely in terms of selfish motivations ( e. g., that acting for one's own purposes is an act of self-interest ), however critics charge that in doing so they are redefining selfishness to the point where it encompasses all motivated actions and thus makes the term meaningless.

Newt's first appearances with the Black Hands were initially believed to be examples of " newbie-bashing " ( mistreatment of players who are new to a game or group, and are thus at a disadvantage ) by several KODT readers ; however, the creators behind the Knights point out that Newt's anti-social and selfish tendencies both in and out of character put him on an even footing with the Black Hands from the start, and that sooner or later, Newt invariably gives as good as he gets where his fellow players are concerned.

Others, however, have stated that the extent of his introverted nature has been exaggerated, and that while he was " obsessed with success " he was not a selfish player.

Peter and Susan Fish are Bob's sibling back in London, Peter is a world class chef while Susan is a stay at home mom, however both are charcaterized as selfish offsprings who try gained money at the expense of their mother.

At heart, however, she is conniving and selfish.

Hence, in cases of abortion, the views of the parent ( however selfish or not, as the case may be ) are prioritised over those of the fetus, without recourse to any ( perceived ) rights ( here, the " right to life ").

Generally, the Palsians view the Shindrans as being selfish and untrustworthy ; however, the Shindrans are also fearsome warriors who use elephants instead of war-horses in battle.

In the manga, her character is more complex, but in the anime, she is pictured as the evil, selfish Empress who wants nothing but power and cares only about herself and her two sisters ( not blood related, however ) O Kijin and Ko Kibi.

Though players are voted in by baseball writers, players turned down for election by the writers can still enter via election by another committee now composed of living Hall members and honorees ; however, this would also be unlikely considering his selfish attitudes.

The " Conscience ", however, offers to hear her last confession: her signs were only what she wanted to believe and were not sent by God ; she had fought in the name of revenge for her sister's death ; she admits that she had been selfish and cruel.

Despite his experience in the Territorial Army, however, he exhibits a petty, selfish nature and seems to be physically weak.

Ironically, Jake Spoon decides not to go after all, being selfish and undependable and because he promises the town's only prostitute, Lorena Wood, known as Lorie, he'll take her to San Francisco.

On Button's advice, he decides to go ask the Remover of Inconvenient Obstacles, an ancient and powerful but highly selfish fairy, for help.

Therefore, the selfish thoughts were dismissed, thieves and robbers refrained themselves and the outer doors remained open.

Further relationship problems are found with Klas who is desperately in love with Lasse and between Göran and his selfish and immature girlfriend who wants the benefits of an open relationship but not the responsibilities.

In the early years of the Civil War, Rhett is called a " scoundrel " for his " selfish gains " profiteering as a blockade-runner.

* The princess is clearly an early Bulma, as both are selfish, impatient, and temperamental, both have wealthy, powerful families ( Bulma's father owns Capsule Corporation ), and interestingly both lost bladder control when faced with danger.

Following several guest roles in episodic television, including two separate roles in Glen A. Larson's series Battlestar Galactica and a role on his series Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, Ortiz auditioned for the role of spoiled, selfish vineyard heiress Melissa Agretti on Falcon Crest as a replacement for actress Delores Cantú who had played Melissa for one episode in early 1982.

By calling Edward King " Lycidas ," Milton follows “ the tradition of memorializing a loved one through Pastoral poetry, a practice that may be traced from ancient Greek Sicily through Roman culture and into the Christian Middle Ages and early Renaissance .” Milton describes King as “ selfless ,” even though he was of the clergy – a statement both bold and, at the time, controversial among lay people: “ Through allegory, the speaker accuses God of unjustly punishing the young, selfless King, whose premature death ended a career that would have unfolded in stark contrast to the majority of the ministers and bishops of the Church of England, whom the speaker condemns as depraved, materialistic, and selfish .”

In a positive review, Time Out Film Guide called the film, " A tight and involving essay in suspense which works on the ingenious idea of leaving the audience alone in the desert with an unsympathetic and selfish character ," and noted the finer aspects of the 3-Dimension film, writing, " Inferno was one of the best and last movies to be made in 3-D during the boom in the early ' 50s.

" The band ’ s early lyrics were “ primarily Satanic or influenced by the Occult in some way ”; in Walkyier ’ s interpretation, Satanism “ doesn ’ t say ‘ let ’ s go out and kill people ’ or anything like that ”, referring to The Satanic Bible which has “ nothing to do with sacrifice ” but with a selfish outlook.

It tells the story of an abrasive and selfish yuppie, Charlie Babbitt, who discovers that his estranged father has died and bequeathed all of his multimillion-dollar estate to his other son, Raymond, an autistic savant of whose existence Charlie was unaware.

When Violet offers Charlie Brown one of her used Valentine cards ( since Charlie received no Valentines the previous day at his school's party ), Schroeder thoroughly chastises her, Frieda, Lucy and Sally for their disregard for his feelings and their selfish motive of relieving their own personal guilt.

An organism behaves altruistically and the recipient does not reciprocate but has an increased chance of acting in a way that is selfish but also as a byproduct benefits the altruist.

Essentially Singer claims that although humans possess selfish, competitive tendencies naturally, they have a substantial capacity for cooperation that has also been selected for during human evolution.

" The character of James Vane was also introduced, which helped to elaborate upon Sibyl Vane's character and background ; the addition of the character helped to emphasise and foreshadow Dorian's selfish ways, as James sees through Dorian's character, and guesses upon his future dishonourable actions ( the inclusion of James Vane's sub-plot also gives the novel a more typically Victorian tinge, part of Wilde's attempts to decrease the controversy surrounding the book ).

This also manifests itself in a competitive streak and she accuses others who share their concerns that she uses magic for selfish purposes of being jealous.

The book also coins the term meme for a unit of human cultural evolution analogous to the gene, suggesting that such " selfish " replication may also model human culture, in a different sense.

Furthermore, they argued, political divisiveness was also universal and inevitable because of selfish passions that were integral to human nature.

Much like Shandling's other work, The Larry Sanders Show presented its main character as rather selfish and neurotic ( but also likable and charming ), and it contained some " meta " touches, such as in the final episode, in which it is established that Garry Shandling exists in the Larry Sanders universe, and is the subject of a complaint by Sean Penn, involving Garry's narcissism and his behavior toward Penn's wife on the set of Hurlyburly.

De Valera's minister for Foreign Affairs and lifelong political confidant Frank Aiken also dismissed Haughey's political motives as being entirely selfish, and being motivated to hold power for its own sake and not duty.

The free rider problem depends on a conception of the human being as homo economicus: purely rational and also purely selfish — extremely individualistic, considering only those benefits and costs that directly affect him or her.

Feuerbach also contradicts himself by claiming that humans give up their personality and place it upon God who, in turn, is a selfish being.

One of the most important principles in an Integralist's life was the " Internal Revolution ", or " Revolution of the Self ", through which a man was encouraged to stop thinking only for himself, and instead start to integrate into the idea of a giant integralist family-becoming one with the Homeland, while also leaving behind selfish and " evil " values.

Many therapists maintain that finding a balance through healthy assertiveness ( which leaves room for being a caring person and also engaging in healthy caring behavior ), is true recovery from codependency and that becoming extremely selfish, a bully, or an otherwise conflict-addicted person, is not.

While Reggie's soul is still inside Joey's body Reggie also realizes that his beloved April June is a " pill " and a scheming and selfish little beast jealous of everybody else's success.

Alejandro also had an elder sister, but disliked her for he believed that she was selfish, doing " everything to expel me from the family so that she could be the centre of attention.

Rodney was unquestionably a most able officer, but he was also vain, selfish and unscrupulous, both in seeking prize money, and in using his position to push the fortunes of his family, although such nepotism was common ( not to say normal ) at the time.

However, individual and selfish appetites can also break down the relationships between man and man.

However, Appian also wrote that the other main causes were the selfish ambition of the commanders and their inability to control their own soldiers.

It also illustrates how negative or selfish attitudes and personal jealousies can lead to the downfall of any organization and is to be taken very seriously.

" Countless others who were also exposed gained a wide variety of mutations and abilities, and Static spends much of his time dealing with these " Bang Babies ", many of whom use their abilities in selfish, harmful, and even criminal ways. Virgil is named after the first African-American to go to law school ( who was himself named for the Roman poets Virgil and Ovid ).

Essentially good hearted, he can also be a selfish, lazy man, who does not know how to keep his money and always gets himself into trouble.

Albert Low a Zen master and author of The Origin of Human Nature: A Zen Buddhist Looks at Evolution ( 2008 ) opposes neo-Darwinism and the selfish gene as he claims they are materialistic, he also opposes creationism for being dogmatic, instead he advocates spiritual evolution.