We are selfish when we are exclusively or predominantly concerned with…

Mortimer Adler
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We are selfish when we are exclusively or predominantly concerned with the good for ourselves. We are altruistic when we are exclusively or predominantly concerned with the good of others. ✨ Mortimer Jerome Adler (1991). Desires, Right & Wrong: The Ethics of Enough, MacMillan Publishing Company
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We are selfish when we are exclusively or predominantly concerned with the good for ourselves. We are altruistic when we are exclusively or predominantly concerned with the good of others. ✨ Mortimer Jerome Adler (1991). Desires, Right & Wrong: The Ethics of Enough, MacMillan Publishing Company

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