Sentences with phrase «amoral egoism»

My theory of human nature, «emotional amoral egoism», is closely derived from an understanding of human nature based on findings from neuroscience.

As I have pointed out in previous works, human beings are characterized by «emotional amoral egoism».

I will first discuss emotionality and how emotions shape, sabotage or hijack certain political processes, and then examine amoral egoism as an alternate lens to analyze state behaviour.

This is so primarily because oftheemotional amoral egoism nature of man, which is accentuated in today's world by increased awareness, instant connectivity, empowerment by information and communications technologies, and deepening transnational and transcultural interdependence.

Author of «emotional amoral egoism».

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Neuroscientific insights point to three key characteristics of human nature: emotionality (we are far more emotional than we think we are, and emotionality play a central role in decision - making), amorality (we are born amoral and our moral compass is developed in the course of our existence), and egoism (we are driven to survival, which is a basic form of egoism, i.e. preservation of the self).