Selfishness

Propaganda War: Not Caring Is Not an Option

Dan Agin | Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: Propaganda, Liberal vs. Conservative, Morality, Media, Caring vs. Not Caring, David Brooks, Selfishness, Media News
Dan Agin

The term "propaganda" is defined as information spread for the purpose of promoting some cause. The two main forms of political propaganda in America...

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Discovery

Lisa Guest | Posted 05.06.2012

Read More: Friendship, Book Publishing, Remission, Relationships, Writing, Ego, Selfishness, Meditation, Cancer, Bookstores, Potency, Selfish, Mindfulness, Healthy Living News
Lisa Guest

Isn't there a saying that if one waits long enough, good things come to pass? When the timing is right, things fall into place?

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Dilemmas Of A Muslim Shopper

Daliah Merzaban | Posted 03.30.2012

Read More: Zakat, Charity, Greed, Islam, The Balanced Life, Overconsumption, Selfishness, Donating to Charity, Consumer Spending, Sadaqah, Muslim Shopper, Religion News
Daliah Merzaban

While the wealth we accumulate is a grace from God, it is also a test to see how we will manage, distribute and respect it.

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Sharing Absolutely Everything: The Human Imperative

Elizabeth Boleman-Herring | Posted 03.17.2012

Read More: Communal Living, Sharing, Microbes, Empathy, Selflessness, Selfishness, Electron Microscope, Bacteria, Biological Diversity, Good News News
Elizabeth Boleman-Herring

From before our first breath, from the moment of conception, we share. It is the fundamental verb of human existence.

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What Does Meditation Mean To You?

Ed and Deb Shapiro | Posted 12.25.2011

Read More: Meditation, Healthy Living Health News, Meditation and Change, Benefits of Meditation, Consciousness, Self-Centeredness, Healthy Living Spirit, Selfishness, Ego and Meditation, Meditation and Selfishness, Meditation and Spirituality, Healthy Living News
Ed and Deb Shapiro

Meditation changes us. From being self-centered, we become other-centered, concerned about the welfare of all equally, rather than being focused on just ourselves.

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What is Selfish?

Margaret Paul, Ph.D. | Posted 11.13.2011

Read More: Selfishness, Selfish, Emotional Wellness, Self-Responsible vs. Selfish, Self-Responsible, Healthy Living Mind, Definition of Selfish, Self-Centered, Healthy Living News
Margaret Paul, Ph.D.

Since harming others never creates happiness and inner peace, our world would become a peaceful place if we each took responsibility for our own happiness and well-being.

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Washington vs. America

Brent Budowsky | Posted 09.27.2011

Read More: Foreclosures, Taxes, Corruption, Roy Spence, Market Crash, Social Security, Selfishness, Jobs, Sense of Purpose, Joblessness, Gridlock, Surrender, Jobs Program, Self Interest, Barack Obama, Common Good, Debt Limit, Banana Republic, Principle, Capitulation, Bond Rating Downgrade, Washington, John Boehner, Stock Market, Medicare, Democratic Base, Foreclosure Aid, Wall Street, Politics News
Brent Budowsky

Washington is an island drowning in its own self-interest, surrounded by a hurting and unhappy nation of deeply patriotic citizens who hunger for shared national purpose but find our politics to be sickening, insulting and corrupted.

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The Surprising Connection Between Impulse And Psychopathy

Scott Barry Kaufman, Ph.D. | Posted 09.05.2011

Read More: Narcissism, Machiavellianism, Psychopathy, Mind, Narcissist, Selfishness, Healthy Living Mind, Dark Triad, Healthy Living News
Scott Barry Kaufman, Ph.D.

The "dark triad" -- a combination of Machiavellianism, subclinical narcissism and subclinical psychopathy -- is an overarching trait that everyone has to some degree. Unfortunately, some people just have a lot more of it than others.

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Just Say No to Everyone But the Voices in Your Head

Melanie Benjamin | Posted 05.29.2011

Read More: Blogs, Creativity, Authors, Social Media, Publishing, Books, Writing, Selfishness, Mother Theresa, Facebook, Books News
Melanie Benjamin

Authors helping authors. That has a nice ring to it, doesn't it? Liberté, égalité, fraternité, and all that. We're all in this together. We ne...

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Holy Huddles: The New Power Of Uggs

Judith Acosta | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Uggs, Cyber-Reality, Relationships, Holy Huddles, Hummers, Isolation, Selfishness, Disconnection, Integrity, Compassion, Healthy Living News
Judith Acosta

Something that is happening now has not happened before. While we are physically closer in proximity than ever before, we are less -- far less -- connected to one another.

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American Inequality: Who Is Subsidizing Our Lifestyle?

Deepak Chopra | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tea Party, Middle-Class Squeeze, American Greed, Economy, Selfishness, Immigrants, Obama, Recession, Republicans, Great Depression, Politics News
Deepak Chopra

The current recession has brought into stark relief an underlying flaw, not in American economics but in our consciousness. Money is creating a new, selfish class whose only interest seems to be in greed.

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The Land of the Free and the Home of the Care-Less?

Birute Regine | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Foreclosures, Westboro Protests, Empathy, Individual Rights, Bullying, Selfishness, Maureen Dowd, Republican Mean Girls, Care-Less Society, Vulnerability, Careless Society, Mama Grizzlies, Compassion, Wall Street Crisis, Balance, Morality of Care, Carol Gilligan, Tea Party, Politics News
Birute Regine

What do tea baggers, big banks, and the followers of Westboro Baptist Church have in common? A stunted view of morality. The Tea party waves the flag...

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It's Time to Grow Up

Ben Tripp | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Politics, Americans, Tea Party, Economy, Libertarians, Selfishness, Sacrifice, Depression, Social Contract, Responsibility, Tax Dollars, Media, Social Spending, Childhood, Capitalism, Libertarian, Patriotism, Wealth, Wpa, Corporate Greed, Politics News
Ben Tripp

We can call it libertarianism, patriotism, conservatism, or anything we want, but the truth is this: an ideology of selfishness has gripped the nation.

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America's Continuing Empathy Deficit Disorder

Douglas LaBier | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Mental Illness, Politics, Mental Health, Social-Pathology, Empathy, Materialism, Selfishness, Healthy Living News
Douglas LaBier

Our collective overemphasis on the importance of wealth and status has lead to the decline of empathy. It's a bona fide emotional disorder in our times -- in effect, a "social psychosis."

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New Evidence That Fairness Is More From Nurture Than Nature

Dan Agin | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Kin Selection, Markets, Cultural Evolution, Fairness, Altruism, Evolutionary Psychology, Selfishness, Healthy Living News
Dan Agin

For the past several decades there's been a great commotion in the media about the biological roots of altruism and its counterpart selfishness. What saves us all is that reality comes to us not from media pundits.

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Boundaries and Priorities: Week 8 of "Mental Muscle" Boot Camp

Paul Katz | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Fear, Boundaries, Elizabeth Gilbert Eat Pray Love, The NoHo Arts Center for New Thought, Selfishness, Elizabeth Gilbert, James Mellon, Mental Muscle, Priorities, Oprah Winfrey Show, Selflessness, Personal Boundaries, New Thought, No-Boundaries, Spirituality, Anxiety, Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead, The Inner Life, Healthy Living News
Paul Katz

This is not to say it won't take an enormous amount of work to get rid of my boundaries. I feel the walls in my head buckling and my priority is to keep knocking them down.

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Let's get amoebic: The charitable slime mold as a model for facing climate change

Jamil Zaki | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Copenhagen Climate Council, Cap and Trade, Carbon Emissions, Copenhagen 2009, Altruism, Yvo De Boer, Selfishness, Dictyostelium, The Matrix, Climate Crisis, 2012, Amoeba, Virus, Climate Change, Global Warming, Climate Bill, Green News
Jamil Zaki

A dirty, but heroic protozoan might be able to revamp our hopes in climate reform. But first, let's talk about viruses and a very Y2K view of our own...

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Let's Call It As It Is: People Are Being Just Plain Selfish.

C. Clinton Sidle | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Leadership, Politics, Congress, Wisdom, Selfishness, Politics News
C. Clinton Sidle

Congress is not operating as it should. Why? All the criticism of the pundits ignores the simple, obvious reason - selfishness.

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Death And Dying: Nature Is Selfish, Get Over It

Deborah Calla | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Tragedy, Grief, Selfishness, Sex-in-a-Hurry, The Full Life, Love, Life, Selfish, Death & Dying, Healthy Living News
Deborah Calla

It is brutally shocking when our lives are falling apart and the rest of the world doesn't seem to notice. The first time I experienced this was when my husband was lying in a hospital bed fighting for his life.

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Copenhagen and the Commons

Jamil Zaki | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Copenhagen Climate Talks, Tragedy of the Commons, Developing Countries, Cooperation, Public Good, Economics, Altruism, Selfishness, Climate Change, Psychology, Global Warming, Business News
Jamil Zaki

Informed, committed nations working together should be able to tap into people's common goal to stave off the effects of climate change, but the leaders at Copenhagen neglected some simple rules for creating such cooperation.

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We May Be Born With An Urge to Help

The New York Times | Nicholas Wade | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Philanthropy, Selfless, Relationships, Charity, Selflessness, Biology, Physiology, Selfishness, The Giving Life, Tautological Egoism, Giving, Helping, Selfish, Impact, Healthy Living News

Biologists are forming a better view of humankind than the traditional opinions of it as warlike and selfish....

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Truth and Reconciliation for Group Selection XII: Multilevel Selection Theory, Salsa Style

David Sloan Wilson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Selfishness, Evolutionary Models, Group Selection, Altruism, Multilevel Selection, Politics, Inclusive Fitness Theory, Science, Kin Selection, Truth and Reconciliation, Evolution, Politics News
David Sloan Wilson

No matter how the groups are formed, no matter how flexible the choice of behaviors, altruism is locally disadvantageous and requires higher-level selection to evolve.

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The Biology Of Selfishness: Letting Go Of Line-Cutters

Susan Smalley, Ph.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Biology of Selfishness, The Inner Life, Selfishness, Cutting in Line, Featured Contributor, Healthy Living News
Susan Smalley, Ph.D.

I spent four days in D.C. at the inaugural activities last week. Overall everybody was extremely excited and full of enthusiasm, lots of smiling happ...

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The Way I See It

Colleen Perry | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Guilt, Needs, Empowerment, Freedom, Selfishness, Resentment, Holiday Stress, Choice, Energy, Self Interest, Mental Health, Personal Needs, Emotional Wellness, Self-Esteem, Wellness, Healthy Living News
Colleen Perry

What's wrong with taking care of your own needs first so that you can meet the needs of others with integrity?

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Donating To Myself

Lindsay Mannering | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: High School, Donations, College, Selfishness, Costa Rica, The Giving Life, College Endownments, Alumni Donations, Alumni Gifts, Healthy Living News
Lindsay Mannering

Once a year I officially donate money. I write two checks, one to my high school and one to my university. I fill out the insert that comes in the s...

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