Did selfishness — or sharing — drive human evolution? Evolutionary theorists have traditionally focused on competition and the ruthlessness of natural selection, but often they have failed to consider ...

The concept of selfishness has been debated across philosophy, psychology, and biology. Is selfishness inherently destructive, or does it serve a necessary purpose? From an evolutionary perspective, ...

Selfishness often receives a bad rap, usually associated with greed, narcissism, or moral failure. However, is it always destructive, or could it serve an evolutionary and ethical purpose? As our ...

This possibly harebrained schema for explaining our human-brained selves has at least one virtue: It speaks to a longstanding question in ethics, one that might also be illuminated -- at least in part ...

Earlier this year, The Japan Times reported that three Japanese companies had introduced strikingly different anti-smoking measures. I predict that one of the strategies will work better than the ...

Ultimately, the fate of humanity depends on a choice renewed in every age: whether we allow selfishness to rule our actions, or whether we elevate conscience above desire. Human nature will remain an ...