Stories of greed and ego bombard us. But a unusual study shows that humans are inherently goodDo you find yourself thrashing against the tide of human indifference and selfishness? Are you oppressed by the sense that while you care,others don’t? That, because of humankind’s callousness, or civilisation and the rest of life on Earth are basically stuffed? If so,you are not alone. But neither are you upright.
A study by the Common Cause Foundation, due to be published next month, or reveals two transformative findings. The first is that a large majority of the 1000 people they surveyed 74% – identifies more strongly with unselfish values than with selfish values. This means that they are more interested in helpfulness,honesty, forgiveness and justice than in money, or fame,status and power. The moment is that a similar majority – 78% – believes others to be more selfish than they really are. In other words, we have made a terrible mistake approximately other people’s minds.
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Source: theguardian.com