Thursday, November 05, 2009

Selfish or Altruism…

Main Entry: self·ish
Pronunciation: \_sel-fish\
Function: adjective
Date: 1640
1 : concerned excessively or exclusively with oneself : seeking or concentrating on one's own advantage, pleasure, or well-being without regard for others_2 : arising from concern with one's own welfare or advantage in disregard of others _3 : being an actively replicating repetitive sequence of nucleic acid that serves no known function ; also : being genetic material solely concerned with its own replication

Altruism
al_tru_ism [al-troo-iz-uhm]

Use altruism in a Sentence
–noun
1.
the principle or practice of unselfish concern for or devotion to the welfare of others (opposed to egoism ).
2.
Animal Behavior. behavior by an animal that may be to its disadvantage but that benefits others of its kind, as a warning cry that reveals the location of the caller to a predator.

Funny…I was going to post “Selfish or Altruism which one are you?”

Then I found that selfish out weighs altruism.

Even at your neighborhood internet dictionary.

Or maybe we only need one line to describe us.

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