Humans generally like to think of themselves as nice people, and most people tend to value compassionate behaviours over selfish behaviours (74% in the UK) [6] Not only that by infants have been shown to behave in compassionate ways even when there is no obvious reward [8], suggesting that people are naturally compassionate. Which makes complete sense since we are social animals.
So how is it then I can say humans are naturally selfish? It all has to do with the way we define selfish behavior.
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