Why should people be selfish?

People are selfish for the following reasons:

1. Survival instinct. Human survival instinct will make people pay more attention to personal interests. Under the pressure of survival, individual interests often take precedence over group interests, which is the biological basis of human selfishness.

2. Get satisfaction. Paying attention to and satisfying one's own interests and desires can bring satisfaction and pleasure, which also drives one's selfish tendency.

3. Social and environmental impacts. People live in a complex social environment, and social injustice, lies and deception will lead to selfishness. People need selfishness to protect themselves, which is a mechanism to adapt to society.

4. Educational impact. Education from an early age will exert a subtle influence on one's values. Too much emphasis on individualism and egoism while ignoring collectivism and altruism will cultivate selfish character.

5. Economic pressure. The economic system and morbid competitive culture in modern society will bring great pressure to people's survival. In this environment, people are more likely to regard selfishness as a means to obtain benefits.

6. Lack of empathy. Lack of empathy is also an important reason for selfishness. If empathy is not strong, it is difficult to observe the needs and interests of others, and naturally it will show a selfish tendency.

7. inertial thinking. Any tendency, value or character, as long as it forms a habit, will become an inertia and difficult to change. Selfishness is also a habitual thinking and tendency of people, and habits are hard to get rid of.

To sum up, survival instinct, satisfaction, social influence, educational influence, economic pressure and lack of empathy can all be regarded as the deep-seated reasons for human selfishness. Selfishness may also become an unchangeable life inertia. Understanding these selfish reasons can help people build altruistic character.