This selfishness turns onto humans and projects them to be wicked and corrupt, that they are, “ incapable of good ,” and it is only God that is good, “ the Good Being .” In this way Feuerbach detracts from many of his earlier assertions while showing the alienation that takes place in humans by worshipping God.

It turns out Mrs. Reed, in her own selfishness, knew she was going blind and abandoned him to get help for herself.

He successfully turns her into an invulnerable monster, but her inherent selfishness and greed outweigh his mental control over her and she turns on him.

" Again, how immeasurably greater is the pleasure, when a man feels a thing to be his own ; for surely the love of self is a feeling implanted by nature and not given in vain, although selfishness is rightly censured ; this, however, is not the mere love of self, but the love of self in excess, like the miser's love of money ; for all, or almost all, men love money and other such objects in a measure.

Yet another interpretation of the ten-headed Ravana describe him to be a complete man with nine of his heads representing nine emotions that a man may possess ( viz. anger, pride, jealousy, happiness, sadness, fear, selfishness, passion, ambition ) and one representing the intellect.

Robert Ingersoll stated, the myth of hell represents " all the meanness, all the revenge, all the selfishness, all the cruelty, all the hatred, all the infamy of which the heart of man is capable.

Xunzi holds that man is naturally inclined towards selfishness, and that if this inclination is not curbed, human societies would devolve into chaos.

He is the closest relative of Old Martin and has inherited much of the stubbornness and selfishness of the old man.

The man should not orgasm before the woman, as it injects selfishness into the act of love making.

The Vizier Imad-ul-Mulk was clearly a man of no principles and was commonly criticized for his extreme selfishness.

" This principle has given to man a charter for the exercise of tyranny and selfishness, pride and arrogance, lust and brutal violence.

The game is somewhat harder than its predecessor and places more emphasis on the dangers of selfishness and greed, as opposed to the blight of man.

He further argues that the evidence that selfish tendencies are natural must not be taken as evidence that selfishness is right.

This article is an introduction to how game theory and computer modeling are illuminating certain aspects of moral and political philosophy, particularly the role of individuals in groups, the " biology of selfishness and altruism ", and how cooperation can be evolutionarily advantageous.

Because of these scripts, gluttony can be interpreted as selfishness ; essentially placing concern with one's own interests above the well-being or interests of others.

Wrath is the only sin not necessarily associated with selfishness or self-interest, although one can of course be wrathful for selfish reasons, such as jealousy, ( closely related to the sin of envy ).

Calhoun considered the concurrent majority essential to provide structural restraints to counter his belief that “ a vast majority of mankind is entirely biased by motives of self-interest and that by this interest must be governed .” This innate selfishness, which he viewed as axiomatic, would inevitably emerge when government revenue became available to political parties for distribution as patronage.

Becket is immediately reflective about his coming martyrdom, which he embraces, and which is understood to be a sign of his own selfishness — his fatal weakness.

In Springtime with Roo, Rabbit has a leading role and discovers a possible future where everyone, tired of Rabbit's selfishness, will leave the forest and he will be alone.

Josephine Quintavalle, from Comment on Reproductive Ethics ( CORE ), accused Rashbrook of selfishness and said it would be extremely difficult for a child to have a mother who is as old as a grandmother.

The act of penance or satisfaction that the priest imposes helps the penitent to overcome selfishness, to desire more strongly to live a holy life, to be closer to Jesus, and to show to others the love and compassion of Jesus.

And he argues in " Of the Origin of Justice and Property " that if mankind were universally benevolent, we would not hold Justice to be a virtue: "’ tis only from the selfishness and confin ’ d generosity of men, along with the scanty provision nature has made for his wants, that justice derives its

They consume little more than the poor, and in spite of their natural selfishness and rapacity, though they mean only their own conveniency, though the sole end which they propose from the labours of all the thousands whom they employ, be the gratification of their own vain and insatiable desires, they divide with the poor the produce of all their improvements.

Despite his egotism, selfishness, and snobbery, Eric is potentially also the most realistic character, complaining about the dire situations in which he is involved and voicing concerns which might be common to inhabitants of our world transplanted to the Realm.

" Adultery is a meanness and a stealing, a taking away from someone what should be theirs, a great selfishness, and surrounded and guarded by lies lest it should be found out.

And out of meanness and selfishness and lying flow love and joy and peace beyond anything that can be imagined.

Roger Ebert gave the film 4 out of 4 stars, calling it a film " about teenagers who are looking how to be good with each other, to care, and not simply to be filled with egotism, lust and selfishness, which is all most Hollywood movies think teenagers can experience ".

Despite his selfishness he can be a good person but not too often.

Jakobovits also took a conservative view on trade unions, criticised " Faith in the City " for not mentioning the role of trade unions, arguing that " The selfishness of workers in attempting to secure better conditions at the cost of rising unemployment and immense public misery can be just as morally indefensible as the rapaciousness of the wealthy in exploiting the working class ".

Qwardian society seems indeed to be dominated by a philosophy of selfishness and greed.

Wand, then Dean of Oriel College and later Bishop of London who wrote in the August 1930 issue of Theology that, " One hears more of selfishness, pride, ill-will than anything else, and the charge that " Buchmanism " is unduly concerned with sexual matters had better be dismissed as the merest nonsense.

The candour lies in Scannell's willingness to write about the conclusion to his army life: " Twenty-five years ago, 1945 ... was the year I made what might seem like a desperate decision and performed what might appear to be an act of criminal folly, manic selfishness, zany recklessness, abject cowardice or even, perhaps, eccentric courage.

Although neither Machiavelli nor Hobbes believed in the divine right of kings, they both believed in the inherent selfishness of the individual.

Falun Gong's teachings posit that human beings are originally and innately good — even divine — but that they descended into a realm of delusion and suffering after developing selfishness and accruing karma.

" Certain displays of their selfishness were commented upon by George Murray Levick, a Royal Navy Surgeon-Lieutenant and scientist who also accompanied Scott on his ill-fated British Antarctic Expedition 1910, during his surveying of penguins in the Antarctic: " At the place where they most often went in water, a long terrace of ice about six feet in height ran for some hundreds of yards along the edge of the water, and here, just as on the sea-ice, crowds would stand near the brink.

Deborah works in a restaurant, and although partially attracted to Tony, his selfishness, immaturity and other aspects of his character push her away just as they begin to get close.

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.

Meanwhile, in the apartment, Tommy has a breakdown in which all of his ghostly friends, including Jimmy, tell him they are tired of his selfishness and are done with him.

Sacks has expressed concern at what he regards as the negative effects of materialism and secularism in European society, arguing that they undermine the basic values of family life and lead to selfishness.

In response to these criticisms, Buchman said, " We do unhesitatingly meet sex problems in the same proportion as they are met and spoke of in that authoritarian record, the New Testament .... No one can read the New Testament without facing it, but never at the expense of what they consider more flagrant sins, such as dishonesty and selfishness.

The B & M soon tired of what they perceived as selfishness and decided to build its own track to Boston from Haverhill so that it would not have to rely on the B & L.

He shows signs of selfishness, for example, the time when he and T. J. stole a game from a Christmas charity for kids and decided they want it for themselves, after a touching appeal on TV for presents, T. J. is convinced to give it back while Kyle simply states " wow ... they almost had me ".

Psychopathy was presented in his posthumous book Clara dos Anjos by the antagonist Cassi Jones, who had typical habits of a social psychopath: absence of care to other people's feelings, selfishness and detailed planning to achieve his goals, no matter how vile they are.

This suggests that the purpose of the trading was to illustrate how selfishness and want of beauty or luxury items can turn people into worse human beings than if they are content with what they have.

At the same time, as Gaddafi specified, " if we were to restrict ourselves to the support of Muslims only, that would be an example of bigotry and selfishness: True Islam is the one that defends the weak, even if they are not Muslims ".

Albeit, people were segregated on the basis of Varnashram method, they would all response their faith in the Vedas and the Sanatan Dharma. Because these people were devoid of selfishness, they would effortlessly attain sublimity or union with God, which is a salient feature of Satya yuga. Very valiant, mighty, intelligent and people gifted with all good qualities would take birth in this era.

Giving a Mormon interpretation, Spencer W. Kimball discussed the difference between the wise and the foolish virgins and why they could not share the oil: " This was not selfishness or unkindness.

Despite her flagrant vanity and occasional selfishness, she is very caring and compassionate, and is often the first to stand up for someone when they are being treated wrong.