Motivated By Self-Interest

I agree that all human actions are ultimately determined by self-interest. In a utility society, everyone in the world are trying make them a better off person no matter is for themselves and for others. Some of the actions may seem so selfless and caring at first glance, but as the deeper we dig the more will be exposed to us. Some want to redeem himself, some want to demonstrate their superiority and some want to have a peace of mind. These are all self-interest. Because one of the reason that we act upon self-interest is that it’s is seeded deep down our genes, we compete and do what will make us joy. The world we are living are actually surrounded by self-interest minded people and we may also be one of them. In this essay, I am going to convince readers that all actions we make are motivated by self-interest through giving examples in Second World War, modern economy and biological aspect. A key argument is that despite how kind and selfless an action are, the action is motivated by helper’s self interest. The helper want to help people to show their superiority or even redeem himself for what they have done. For instance, Switzerland merchant Raoul Wallenberg saved numerous of Jews in second world

From World War Two merchant Raoul Wallenberg to past American President Abraham Lincoln, and from economic to biological aspect have shown us proves that it is reasonable and sure that we act upon our self-interest. Some actions may seem selfless but people are actually doing what they want most, through doing what they want, their wants are satisfied. Yet, according to the ethic values nowadays some wants may be harmful to the society for example selling fake product but some wants are actually make the society better off like helping others out. To conclude no matter what we do and no matter they are good or bad, these actions are motivated by self-interest of