Human selfishness Essay

difficult to say that humans are naturally good. However, when a child is brought into this world, one tends to associate them with purity and innocence. Assuming this child commits a crime, one cannot judge nor blame the child since he or she knows nothing in life yet. So are we born good, but we develop bad behaviors with time? For quite a long time, many philosophers, as well as most individuals, have contemplated on the question “ Is human nature good or bad?”…

philosophies about human nature theorized during the Enlightenment period was considered to be true. Thomas Hobbes, the author of the Leviathan, expressed his view on how humans are naturally evil, and society is the cure to suppressing this propensity. This view is reflected in William Golding’s novel, the Lord of the Flies, about a group of boys trapped on an island devolving into a group of savages, without any civilization to discipline them. While Golding believes selfishness is an innate…

not care about others at all. However, they are treated as an angle though what they do is like an evil because we have an understanding that it cannot be helped that babies cry to get attentions. In another word, we unconsciously accept babies’ selfishness. People are born to be selfish and it does not change even we grow up. Therefore I think it is true that people are basically selfish. First of all, people intentionally think of themselves first and put them before others. The British…

As humans, one of the main goals we have is to be happy or to live “the good life.” The “good life” varies for each person but overall it is a life that is worth living based on both the view of the community and a person themselves. Some believe that a “good life” is a life that is lived morally to an extreme by sacrificing your all to make others happy, while others believe it is living selfishly and contentedly. However, it does not have to be a choice between being miserable and useless or…

into consideration human nature like selfishness, free will, love, greed, etc. These are things that humans have since they are born, and are the elements that humans use to survive; this is why Plato’s government cannot exist and that is why it would decline from aristocracy into tyranny. Utopia by St. Thomas More describes a fantastic Island where the principal law is to pursue the common good. Utopia is different from Plato’s Republic, in that Utopians are allowed to have family, they have…

Everyone has a lust for satisfaction, whether it is hunger, power, or entertainment. We never forget the thirst for attention as it becomes repetitive until that thirst subsides for a while. The reason for this lust isn't insensitivity or selfishness, but more of thoughts and frustration and the incompetence to see the actual crucial truth. We limit our understandings and our brief amount of knowledge to believe otherwise. To illustrate in retrospect, explorers were punished for believing that…

through reason, rather than inclination. This essay will explain the validity of Kant’s argument by first explaining Kant’s view on duty, then analyse his view of duty as an object of good will, which pertains to motivations without the slightest selfishness, then argue for moral duties motivated by duty instead of inclination based on reason. It is difficult…

In the book of Ishmael by Daniel Quinn, we discover that humans feel as though they were created to conquer and rule the world and every species in it. However, God never meant for man to travel aimlessly throughout earth on their own accordance. By his refusal to give us all the knowledge and wisdom that would be needed to govern the earth, he made it necessary for us to seek him for guidance in order to fulfill his desire. As we continue to possess an attitude of superiority, our way of life…

As quoted from Abraham Lincoln, “Human action can be modified to some extent, but human nature cannot be changed.” The novel, The Lord of the Flies by William Golding, tells about a group of English boys who land on an inhabited island after a plane crash. After realizing there are no adults around, the boys attempt to create their own society while waiting for rescue. Although the boys are rescued in the end, their lives were destroyed throughout the course of the book. This novel clearly shows…

What is a monster? Most people define a monster as someone or something that is inhuman, hideous, and fierce, that inspires fear among the masses and leaves death in it’s wake. A being that holds no regard for life, and demonstrates its malicious nature through ferocious and ruthless acts, such as drinking a young virgin’s blood, or slaying and then feasting on innocent victims. Although images of beings such as Dracula, Grendel, Medusa, and even Victor Frankenstein’s creature pervade our…