Is Survival Selfish: Balancing Self-Preservation and Altruism
Words: 682 Pages: 2 3552Deep within the human psyche, self-preservation wages an eternal battle with altruism, raising profound questions about the nature of survival. Imagine walking past a homeless person with spare change in your pocket and not offering it to them—many would call that selfish. Or, when a friend at the lunch table asks for a piece of your dessert, and you decline—again, selfishness might be the claim. However, when it comes to survival, the parameters of selfishness become blurred. Is survival inherently […]