Topics covered: Selfishness and pursuing a career. Doing good for the world and doing good for oneself: If you had to choose between these, which would you choose, and why? Questioning the way one was raised. ( 10 min. )
Monthly Archives: July 2019
Exercising, Ayn Rand – Episode 5
Topics covered: Is working out at the gym selfish? If so, is working out bad? If it’s selfish but not bad, then is selfishness sometimes good? Ayn Rand. ( 5 min. )
Love and sex – Episode 4
Topics covered: Is love selfish? Selfless? Love/sex as an emotional/spiritual/material trade. ( 7 min. )
Sacrifice, etc. – Episode 3
Topics covered: Are you a selfish person? The nature of sacrifice. Mother Teresa. Can emotions be priced? Is being a student selfish? Selfishness/self-sacrifice as an issue of intent. Evaluating selflessness/inaction. Is helping someone good? The complexity of these issues. ( 51 min. )
Freeway courtesy, etc. – Episode 2
Topics covered: Is not waiting one’s turn on the freeway selfish? Selfishness and self-preservation. Long-range consequences of behavior that is called “selfish.” Is “selfish” the right word? ( 9 min. )
Introduction to The Selfishness Project – Episode 1
A video introduction to The Selfishness Project. ( 3 min. )