Dating back to the classic book Democracy in America written by the French political scientist who came to the US in 1831 to study the prison system and instead studied American society, the US cultural belief in the predominance of self-interest has been questioned. As Alexis de Tocqueville observed: The Americans … are fond of explaining almost all […]
Read MoreRead more from Anthony Silard in Psychology Today about whether we are primarily motivated to look out for our own interests or help others?
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