Cenwood wrote:
selfishness is wrong.
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Selfish (Self"ish) (?), a.
1. Caring supremely or unduly for one's self; regarding one's own comfort, advantage, etc., in disregard, or at the expense, of those of others. "They judge of things according to their own private appetites and selfish passions." Cudworth. "In that throng of selfish hearts untrue." Keble.
2. (Ethics) Believing or teaching that the chief motives of human action are derived from gratifying one's own pleasure. "Hobbes and the selfish school of philosophers." Fleming.
3. Meanly covetous or avarcious in dealing with others; stingy.
Synonyms -- Avarcious; covetous; parsimonious; sparing; miserly; penurios; sordid; stingy. See Avaricious.
According to logic, we can't
prove anything, because we only
perceive things to be true. Science holds a placement for support and bases of analysis, religion defines belief. But I think we can all agree that we are generally the only person to perceive our reality. Since the source of the perception is oneself, the source is the most important aspect. Without the source, there is no perception. Events all have an effect on the source, though their importance is what differenciates decisions and course of actions. Whether or not it's realized, everything done is for a desired effect on the source.
Now, the source being the most important in a person's perception. The source is their awareness, their emotion, etc. The source is placed highest in anyone's one by default. This is to say that humans are selfish by definition of their awareness. Their actions influence certain reactions from the environment (objects, other people) and all return to have an effect on the original person and their perception.
Of course, I may be taking words out of context... I have nasty habit of doing so. Though I think thoughtlessness, short-sidedness, ignorance, the like - that's what determines an evil person. Unless you want to say every human is evil for their trait of perception.