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*Date: [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/17th_Century 1640]
==Definitions==
*1 : concerned excessively or exclusively with oneself : seeking or [[concentrating]] on one's own advantage, [[pleasure]], or well-[[being]] without regard for others
*2 : arising from concern with one's own welfare or advantage in disregard of others <a selfish [[act]]>
*3 : being an actively replicating repetitive sequence of nucleic acid that serves no known [[function]] <selfish [[DNA]]>; also : being genetic [[material]] solely concerned with its own [[Reproduction|replication]] <selfish genes>
==Description==
'''Selfishness''' denotes the precedence given in [[thought]] or [[deed]] to the [[self]], i.e., self interest or self concern. It is the [[act]] of placing one's own needs or [[desires]] above the needs or desires of others. Psychologist and primatologist [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frans_de_Waal Frans de Waal] takes issue with those who equate "selfishness" with "self-serving." He [[argues]] that "Selfishness implies the [[intention]] to serve oneself, hence [[knowledge]] of what one stands to gain from a particular [[behavior]]".
Selfishness is the [[opposite]] of [[altruism]] (selflessness).
The implications of selfishness have [[inspired]] [[divergent]] [[views]] within [[religious]], [[philosophical]], [[psychological]], [[economic]] and [[evolutionary]] [[contexts]].[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selfish]
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*Date: [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/17th_Century 1640]
==Definitions==
*1 : concerned excessively or exclusively with oneself : seeking or [[concentrating]] on one's own advantage, [[pleasure]], or well-[[being]] without regard for others
*2 : arising from concern with one's own welfare or advantage in disregard of others <a selfish [[act]]>
*3 : being an actively replicating repetitive sequence of nucleic acid that serves no known [[function]] <selfish [[DNA]]>; also : being genetic [[material]] solely concerned with its own [[Reproduction|replication]] <selfish genes>
==Description==
'''Selfishness''' denotes the precedence given in [[thought]] or [[deed]] to the [[self]], i.e., self interest or self concern. It is the [[act]] of placing one's own needs or [[desires]] above the needs or desires of others. Psychologist and primatologist [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frans_de_Waal Frans de Waal] takes issue with those who equate "selfishness" with "self-serving." He [[argues]] that "Selfishness implies the [[intention]] to serve oneself, hence [[knowledge]] of what one stands to gain from a particular [[behavior]]".
Selfishness is the [[opposite]] of [[altruism]] (selflessness).
The implications of selfishness have [[inspired]] [[divergent]] [[views]] within [[religious]], [[philosophical]], [[psychological]], [[economic]] and [[evolutionary]] [[contexts]].[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selfish]
[[Category: General Reference]]