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Is it always wrong to be selfish?
In a religous belief, some people believe that it is entirely wrong to always be selfish and carry out selfish acts. The Bible teaches us to “love our neighbour as yourself.” This quote tells us to treat people like you would like to be treated and not focus all attention on yourself. Religion also tell us to be kind to people and spread your awareness on everyone including yourself. Our religion opposes selfishness and teaches us the correct way to live and behave avoiding being selfish.
In life, the world revolves around other people caring for one another. This is the exact opposite of selfishness. War, conflict, injustice and corruption are all causes of countries, people and communities being selfish to one another, caring about themselves and only themselves. Society today will never effectively work with people’s attention and focus only on themselves. Working together and supporting charities to benefit others will make not only the world a better place but you a better person within today’s cruel and somewhat selfish society.
However, in dangerous situations, an important law teaches us to protect and care for your own life over anyone else’s. Caring for your own mental, social and physical health will benefit your own wellbeing and your personality to others. A positive build for your own self-growth and awareness will contribute to how you will come across in everyday lifestyles.
In a non-religious perspective, looking after yourself before others will guide you to become a stronger and more reliable person. Life can’t depend on everyone only helping each other as who would be there is everyone else wasn’t. Examples of countries like Somalia or Cuba should be looking after their own people and infrastructure instead of making sure other less corrupt countries are doing well. Selfishness comes at an expensive cost. In serious circumstances, people must put themselves or loved ones before anyone else as that is the way life has taught us to be.
In conclusion, I believe that in small doses, you should be selfish if it comes down to either life or death or if it is to put you own health and safety first. In some cases, it isn’t nice to be selfish and can hurt others around you. It can lead to war and corruption if handled inappropriately but it’s important to use it to benefit your own and others wellbeing.