is selfishness a good thinh?

Answer 1

Selfishness isn't, but self-love is a good thing. You have to love yourself. Taking care of you & putting you first isn't selfish, it's survival. If you don't love yourself then you're not in a position to love anyone else. To me, selfishness means you love yourself but not anyone else, you refuse to do anything for anyone & still expect them to cater to you. It means you don't care about anyone but you & that isn't healthy.

Answer 2

Selfishness to the extent that you are not willing to help others or contribute to society would be bad. But giving to the point of having nothing left for your self is bad. There needs to be a balance for everything in life. I have been the type that wanted to help and give and do to the point that I was not taking into consideration that it was taking away from my household budget which was already thin and hurt the family when they needed me. I am taking this year a little easier and not vouluenteering for as many things. It has made a few other upset that I will not drop everything to help them but I am trying to get out of debt adn I am helping myself. I guess I am being selfish but it wont last long. I will help again when I am able.

Answer 3

Well, we are all selfish to an extent. Selfishness is a product of individuality with our own thoughts, emotions, wants and needs. So, it has become a good survival tool, to an extent. But, being overly selfish is not good.

To give an example, has anyone ever wished they would get that great job over someone else? That is selfish. You don't want to be selfless, otherwise, you won't get the job, make the money you need to buy food, pay bills, etc.

Answer 4

Well a bit , you have to know yourself before you reach out to others. With other words you will maybe not be something for others , If you can't find yourself. This was maybe more like " be who you are " than selfishness. But in long - term I guess NO selfishness isn't so good, if everybody thought about others more than themselves, there would be the same affect as selfishness , but in a better and more symphatic way.

Answer 5

A good thinh? I think you meant "thing," and no--selfishness hurts you, isolates you from others, and will prove to your demise. This does not mean you should not value yourself, as this is different than selfishness.

Answer 6

It's what is natural. Your self is and should be your highest value. Your life, not what you wish you were, this is were we get in trouble. But if you aren't responsible for your own human needs, you will never get up to speed to help another living being, without some sort of emotional expectations laid onto them. Guilt is a dishonest form of selfishness, one way or another you get your selfish needs met. the key is to be honest about them at the get go.

Answer 7

As long as your intentions are good, then selfishness can be good for the people who depend on you (children, the tax man, community etc.,) You want to make your world better so you can eventually have something to share with them.
Obviously, if your selfishness is needed for bad intentions then its a bad thing.

Answer 8

Sometimes because we sometimes can't help being selfish to others. Some become selfish for the good of others. others doesn't share their problems so no one will get caught in the middle

Answer 9

anyone who says that selfishness is a bad thing blah, blah, blah are the biggest f-u-cking liars in the world.

they will say the ideal but none, none, NONE ever, ever practice what they preach.

people are such b-u-llsh!t hippies wanting to say the 'right' thing that the crap that spews out of their mouth is smellier and uglier than...fat bastard...

dont kid yourself...human nature is selfish, i am selfish, you are selfish and everyone that says they arent are the biggest self proclaiming hypocrites in the world.

if we werent selfish, none of use would have food to eat, clothes to wear or computers to type on...all this 'cr@p' would have been given away to the 'poor starving people' that really needed it and not by the fat, overfed pure consumer driven people here answering this question. well, except the fat bastard part...it is rather insulting to him to be compared to losers like you!...plus, he is an imaginary character...

I DARE FOR ANYONE TO PROVE ME WRONG! ANYONE! WHY, BECAUSE MY ANSWER IS IMPOSSIBLE TO RETORT! well, except maybe the fat bastard comment. i feel bad for having to degrade him (though he is an imaginary character) down to the level of these f'ing lying pompous f'heads.

Answer 10

Selfish is one side of it's own definishun, being the side specifically for separating the speaker from the action--that is, to indicate disapproval from the speaker of the subject. It is a non-word which subverts all that is good and pure in the mind of the speaker, and which, thanks to inquirers like we are, will fall from the language and be forgotten from the minds of humans to come.