Topic: Comparison between Compassion and Self Centeredness
Comparison between Compassion and Self Centeredness based on barbara lazear aschers essay on homelessness and david foster wallaces essay This is water. Discuss David foster Wallace’s contention that we have a “default setting” of selfcenteredness and reconcile it with the idea of compassion and the fact that we are social animals. What in your view is the definitive human trait; self centeredness or compassion? Compare and contrast and then elaborate on how it doesn’t matter whether someone is doing a compassionate act for self centered reasons as long as others can profit from it. I will try and upload the files they are in pdf format.
