Is A Purly Selfish Wo/man...The Most Trusted Of All Wo/men?

Answer 1

Why, because you know upfront what to expect from her, since her motives will always be selfish, and therefore you never have to guess?

Actually, everything a person does ultimately is selfish because it all is done from the person's perspective of things. Self is always involved, even in love. The person someone loves is their perspective of them, what they see and not actually the person themselves. And the love they feel depends on how they feel and view love.

I suppose if a person realizes that everything they do is basically selfish and self-serving in nature, and they then follow this without pretense, then that person can always be trusted to follow that path. So they can be trusted above all others in this sense.


Contrary to what someone else claims, doing something because it makes you feel good to do it is in itself selfish. Any action you do involves yourself and your reasons for doing, your motivation, so everything is selfish to some degree or another. There is no such thing as true altruism. People who say there is simply wish to make themselves feel good for the choices they make, again showing selfishness.

Answer 2

There is no unselfish act; every single thing that anybody does is at some level selfish. Perhaps the act most thought of as unselfish is sacrificing your life for someone else. On the contrary, that is the most selfish act in the entire world, as it combines all three of the factors which contribute to a human helping another human. In the last moments before you die for another, one feels a sense of triumph, that they are doing the ultimate deed of righteousness, thereby granting them a happy death. Perhaps they feel compelled to help that human out, because they did some great misdeed to them and must right it by sacrificing themselves. And finally, perhaps the most powerful, is the guilt. If you let someone else die in your place, you have to live with the horrifying guilt of what you did. So, it's simply just easier to die instead of going through years of pain. While it is noble, it is also cowardly, in order to avoid having to face the horrible life after watching someone else die because of you. And of course, if the person doesn't get any pride, doesn't feel compelled, and is guiltless, they will not perform the final act. It's that simple, you selfish pig.

Answer 3

okay, well selfishness is a trait attached to a person, and not a state of reality, so I refute Harold's claim. A person who does something solely for the benefit of someone else, completely ignorant to the fact that it will benefit themselves-- and having only their perspective on the other persons needs, to base their actions on-- cannot be deemed selfish. And over time, when they come to expect benefitting from helping others, it is not purely selfish unless they only do it for their own best interests.
Now, everyone has their own interpretation of everything, and that does not make them selfish.
Anyway, to answer the question, I believe that the most purely selfish are often the most trusted, but that depends on their level of intelligence :) one has to be conniving to pull that off, but people do, there are a whole lot of examples in history.
Sociopaths are a mystery to me, and a case in point.

Answer 4

No

The most selfless persons are the most trusted.

Of course, the most selfless persons have to be selfish to remain persons and not become martyrs letting others trust them into oblivion.

Martyrs are more ideals than persons.

But a purely selfish person is trusted by noone, and distrusted by all.

That is not trust.

Answer 5

Sure, trusted to see and act from a lower point of view, trusted to be worthy of avoidance. And avoid her/him I do. I prefer the companionship of loving people, and I have found the most loving heart of all.

Answer 6

If a person is completely selfish. He/She can do anything just for the sake of herself or himself. Yeah, that person can be deem to be the most trusted to be untrust-worthy.

Answer 7

no