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The implications of selfishness have inspired divergent views within religious, philosophical, psychological, economic, and evolutionary contexts. Some early examples of "selfist" thinking are the egoistic philosophies of Yangism in ancient China and of Cyrenaic hedonism in ancient Greece.
His tenets focused on the 'Four Absolutes' which were absolute honesty, absolute purity, absolute unselfishness, and absolute love. [1] This approach emphasized divine guidance, adherence to moral principles, and personal interaction as catalysts for change.
Giving alms to the poor is often considered an altruistic action.. Altruism is the concern for the well-being of others, independently of personal benefit or reciprocity.. The word altruism was popularised (and possibly coined) by the French philosopher Auguste Comte in French, as altruisme, for an antonym of egoism. [1]
Ambiguous loss is a loss that occurs without a significant likelihood of reaching emotional closure or a clear understanding. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] This kind of loss leaves a person searching for answers, and thus complicates and delays the process of grieving , and often results in unresolved grief.
Loss function, in statistics, a function representing the cost associated with an event; Path loss, the attenuation undergone by an electromagnetic wave in transit from a transmitter to a receiver Free-space path loss, the loss in signal strength that would result if all influences were sufficiently removed having no effect on its propagation
a pregnancy loss (i.e. miscarriage and stillbirth) or infertility issues; other non-death losses the loss of a relationship with a person who has become severely disabled (e.g., comatose, advanced stages of dementia) [3] a trauma in the family a generation prior [8] the loss of a home or place of residence [9] [10] [11] the loss of a job [12]
Rand's characterization of selfishness as a virtue, including in the title of the book, is one of its most controversial elements. Philosopher Chandran Kukathas said Rand's position on this point "brought notoriety, but kept her out of the intellectual mainstream". [3]
Grief is the response to the loss of something deemed important, particularly to the death of a person or other living thing to which a bond or affection was formed. Although conventionally focused on the emotional response to loss, grief also has physical, cognitive, behavioral, social, cultural, spiritual and philosophical dimensions.