Stephen T Asma The Myth Of Universal Love Analysis

Second, we are selfish. As a human we are nature selfish. Some may say no I’m not selfish but deep down every human being have some type selfishness inside. Always want the best for people but once our love once is involved we go all out to make it happen. We value our own people more than other. It can’t change no matter what happen. In the article “The Myth of Universal Love” Stephen T. Asma claims “that the equality of human beings is “unproven.” It’s interesting that he feels no need to show that it is unproven and merely has to assert it, as if asserting it is a sufficiently rigorous argument.” In other words, Asma believe that it is obvious that people favor their family over their friends, their friends over their acquaintances, and acquaintances over strangers.

I agree with Asma, for instance I know deep down in me that no matter what happen to me my family will have my back.

We love our sitters in a different way than the way we love friend the same with our brothers, and our fathers, and our cousins and so on and so forth; selfishness is part of us. For example, in 2005 back in Ghana I attend a hairdresser school with my one of my close friend. We were very close to each other that our family knew themselves. After a year went by we graduated together thank God. After graduated we went out looking for hair salon job to do. For one to get a job Ghana is very hard. You have to know one and that person know someone that how difficult it’s to get a job. Few days went by I was luck in enough to see salon job available. I apply first for the job and late told my close friend about the job she also apply. Late that day the owner of the salon call us in for interview. We got there unknowing to me the boss lady is my close friend aunt. I was happy in heart that yes I will get this job. Her aunt told her that she only need one person to work for her. We should gave her time to think about it. A few days the boss lady call my close friend that she got

the job. I was heartbroken not because I did get the job, but because the boss know how much I needed that job. I’m very good at doing any hair, but because it was her aunt that own that salon, Owner had no other choice but to give the job to her sister daughter. That also remind of another quote by Stephen T. Asma, state that, “if I can invent a word here are very good at selflessly giving to members of their inner circle. In other words Asma believe that we always put people in our circle first. That was happen to me. It’s can be change.