The thing about selfishness that strikes me first is how convieniant it is.
And that is the thing you have to ask yourself when someone is asserting a position which is inherently selfish- are they only supporting this because it is inherently more convieniant for them?
For example, "Sure I would like to marry someone I am in love with, but think how much greater it would be if he happens to be obscenely rich as well- that would be wonderful!" Really? Or would it just be more convieniant than not being so materialistic?
"A flat tax is better for society than the progressive rate structure that penalizes people who work hard." Really? Or are you just middle class already and hopefully on the road to being a bourgious lawyer making above the top tax bracket and it is more convieniant for you to support a system that gives you more money than thinking about what is really good for society?
"I want to tell the Law Review kids to go F#$% themselves." Really? Or are you pissed that they are better at school than you are and you have spent your whole life telling yourself what a great student you are- in fact have defined yourself that way- and all the sudden that may not seem so true, so it is more convieniant to hurl overused epithets at a group of mildly pathetic law-nerds?
The truth is we can all be selfish, but for the sake of convieniance let's just acknowledge it's generally not a good thing.
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