I’ve always felt that both “selfishness” and “altruism” were results of the Fundamental Attribution Error. Some actions are deemed “selfish” according to society’s mean value set, others are deemed “altruistic” or “selfless”. Personally, I’m more interested in the chain of events that ultimately lead up to an action being performed and in the chain of events that occurred as a result of it than I am in applying labels of dubious and limited utility to things.
I’ve always felt that both “selfishness” and “altruism” were results of the Fundamental Attribution Error. Some actions are deemed “selfish” according to society’s mean value set, others are deemed “altruistic” or “selfless”. Personally, I’m more interested in the chain of events that ultimately lead up to an action being performed and in the chain of events that occurred as a result of it than I am in applying labels of dubious and limited utility to things.