#selfishness

The selfish gene theory explains the apparent altruism in nature.

From The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins

We are survival machines – robot vehicles blindly programmed to preserve the selfish molecules known as genes.

From The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins

We are survival machines - robot vehicles blindly programmed to preserve the selfish molecules known as genes.

From The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins

Selfishness spreads in a population not because of any innate quality of selfish individuals, but because of the way in which genes replicate.

From The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins

Altruism is a form of selfishness.

From The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins

People are inherently selfish and driven by their own interests.

From The Laws of Human Nature by Robert Greene

The selfish gene does not advocate selfishness, but rather explains it.

From The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins