Explore: Selfish Considerations

Carl Plantinga assessed Royal's motives as shifting from "purely selfish" considerations to genuine hopes for reconciliation when he is removed from the

sincerity, his persistent devotion to duty, his indifference to selfish considerations, his high scorn of anything petty or mean. He was essentially simple

However, according to Weir, most likely Katherine was not guided by selfish considerations: despite long separations, social ostracism and denigration by society

headquarters, Misato immediately sees his potential as a pilot, a selfish consideration that later causes her a strong sense of guilt. At the beginning

neologism coined by Richard Dawkins, originating from his 1976 book The Selfish Gene. Dawkins's own position is somewhat ambiguous. He welcomed N. K. Humphrey's

manipulating religion and other elements of society "to achieve his own selfish ends". Jones began using illicit drugs after moving to California, which

near the settlement, he did not want his vote "to be governed by selfish considerations". He died sometime in March 1814 at the home of his son, Dr. John

justification for simplicity. He now believes that simplicity considerations (and considerations of parsimony in particular) do not count unless they reflect

argued that when most or all persons act according to their own myopic selfishness, the group suffers loss as a result of conflict, decreased efficiency

manipulating religion and other elements of society "to achieve his own selfish ends". Jones began using illicit drugs after moving to California, which