Think about times when you feel greedy or selfish or dismissive or downright mean.
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It is futile to ask whether people are naturally cooperative or selfish.
Consequences do flow from incorrect or selfish behavior but in the show, these are shown to be unexpected, hard to predict, and more to do with the loss of friendship than anything else, which in any context, is a disastrous outcome.
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Rather, it is selfish or junk DNA, a molecular parasite that, over many generations, has disseminated itself throughout the genome through some sort of transpositional process.
But all too often the risks of vaginal birth are significantly downplayed while Caesareans are portrayed as an intervention to avoid wherever possible, with those planning a Caesarean labelled selfish or "too posh to push".
In her piece, the thrice-divorced McMillan explains that women are single for one of six reasons: You Are Angry, You Are Shallow, You Are Promiscuous, You Are A Liar, You Are Selfish or just plain You Are Not Good Enough.
Nor do we automatically hate the family or regard them as selfish and mendacious and so on.
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Can you be greedy, selfish, dismissive or downright mean?
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But it can also be good for kids to feel bad about themselves temporarily, if they behave in selfish, mean or hurtful ways that might damage their ability to sustain relationships or hold a job in the future, he says.
Donors are often justly chided for using aid for selfish political ends, or for attaching too many petty conditions to it.
You and I might disagree, for example, about the proper ends of society, or we might as non-angels have differing selfish interests.
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At a restaurant or social setting, it would appear strange and selfish if one person were to eat an entire dish alone.
But each time a CEO rewards himself for failure, or a banker puts the rest of us at risk for his own selfish gain, people's doubts grow.
Behaviorists reject the classic economic theory of human beings as ultra-rational self-interested actors and, drawing on psychology, examine the causes of seemingly irrational economic choices, such as not taking advantage of money offered in an employer-provided retirement plan or giving away more money to charity than can be explained by purely selfish motives.
That is the pack's name for a selfish rider sitting at the back who doesn't do his or her share of the work.
Reis of the University of Connecticut where findings suggest women consider it selfish to pursue their own creative talents, and those women who are creative or productive feel guilty for not putting the needs of their families first.
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