Selfishness Is A Force That Motivates All Action

In order for an action to occur there has to be a force to cause that action. The purpose of this paper is to argue that selfishness is the consistent force that motivates all action. However, I will simply start by setting out to prove that all action occurs because of a motivating factor and if there is no potential reward for an action, no action will occur. If this is the case, it eliminates the chance that a few actions are completely unmotivated by any factor therefore, proving there has to be a force guiding human action. In this case I feel that the classroom is an excellent way to demonstrate this necessary cause and effect. Generally the motivating factor to do schoolwork is to get a good grade in a class, so kids do their homework.

This is often displayed through actions motivated by an extrinsic reward such as wealth or status. Consequently, evil action occurs for selfishly motivated reason. People want to benefit themselves and seek reward for their actions; therefore, individuals will commit actions that benefit themselves at the expense of others. The fact that someone is able to cause harm to others for personal gain is indicative of the selfishness of humans. This directly selfish or dark side of human nature is readily displayed by the state of industry in countries such as the United States of America. The potential reward of financial gain is enough to motivate humans to commit terrible actions to benefit themselves. Industry is destroying the planet we live on, through pollution and global warming, for the benefit of a few wealthy individuals and at the detriment of everyone. While it would be expensive and time-consuming to implement a greener industry sector; at the base of these arguments against change, is the fundamental greed of those that have the most to lose economically, if the world took great steps to become more environmentally friendly. Hence, humans are shown to be at their core selfish, through their directly greedy actions that are detrimental to the majority of humans. However, this is just