one of the major problems in today's hectic world is that people have no time to think about the man and his role in the universe. they are constantly trying to move forward without paying any attention to the detail, the correctness of the step, and everything which is ahead of them. it seems that previous philosophers have more time and patience in this matter and have given more attention t...

The purpose of this study is to reveal the selfishness Colonel Miles Quaritch which one main characters in movie Avatar by James Cameron, and also analyze what causes effects are. In conducting research, researcher uses qualitative research data collected form words presented descriptive form, so that gets only from script other books relation research. was analyzed with objective approach, it ...

The Rapid Evolution of Homo Economicus: Brief Exposure to Neoclassical Assumptions Increases Self-Interested Behavior Economics students have been shown to exhibit more selfishness than other students. Because the literature identifies the impact of long-term exposure to economics instruction (e.g., taking a course), it cannot isolate the specific course content responsible; nor can selection, ...

Is selfishness always a bad thing, in the sense that people can only be better off when everyone is concerned with the well-being of others as well as with his own, or are there situations in which altruism can actually make things worse for all people involved? This paper tackles this question in the context of two-person symmetric games, which are modified by making the payoff of each player ...