Word: selfishness
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...writers like Richard Dawkins (The Selfish Gene) and Robert Wright (The Moral Animal) have taught us, it is hard to draw the line between aspects of the human condition that are genetically determined and aspects that are the result of free will. The science of evolutionary psychology can explain why you work hard and how you developed the talent for glad-handing that has served you so well. Even these behaviors are in your genes, just like a predisposition to develop cancer...
...sometimes lead him toward caricature. It is as if Docx, justly reliant on his tremendous skill for description, occasionally lets himself become a little lazy in crafting the characters he describes, some of whom retain the strange, menacing darkness that would fit better in a Dan Brown novel. Selfish, conniving, and sometimes senselessly cruel, these characters seem inappropriately one-sided alongside the other rich characters who populate the novel. Still, what would be cardboard cut-outs in another author’s hands seem almost real in Docx’s. “Be as charming as champagne...
...three quarters of the electricity needs of Cape Cod and the islands. Although it boasts numerous benefits to the Cape and to Massachusetts as a whole, it has been met by protests, petitions, and complaints at all stages of its development.Objections to this project are comprised of shortsighted and selfish views that epitomize the lack of understanding of the immensity and the importance of global warming. The Cape Wind Project would ameliorate many environmental and economic problems, according to every official estimate that has been made. The most substantial of these estimates is the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), which...
...Behind these sentiments lurks the endemic self-loathing that subtly defines many Harvard students’ view of their own success in the college admissions cockfight. We are selfish when it comes to rooming and selfless on the subject of transfer admissions because we’re embarrassed to be among higher education’s Elect, the less-than-ten percent of the applicant pool that did the impossible and got into Harvard...
...director David Gordon Green’s new film, “Snow Angels,” hardly a scene goes by without the presence of snow. The title is ironic, however, given that snow falls on characters who are often ugly, spiteful, and selfish. In a film that focuses almost entirely on complex human relationships, the frigid settings represent the brutal and unforgiving manner in which the characters interact. The gripping storyline and nuanced performances in “Snow Angels” force viewers not only to invest their time but also their psychology and emotions...