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self-regardingness  

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  • Self-regardingness concerns acts and virtues focused on benefiting the self and is a prominent component of a person's orientation to the world. Its strength in relation to other-regardingness has been disputed, with most accounts of human nature also attributing to us a natural concern for others, whereas some other accounts describe humanity as primarily or even exclusively egoistic (psychological egoism). [Source: Encyclopedia of Business Ethics and Society; Self-Regardingness]

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