Free Response Essay

One day when I was in the fourth grade, we had just finished a free response test on a story we were supposed to read last night. The next day, my teacher had completed grading all the test and he had noticed that two of the papers had were the exact same, their names were Danny and Ishmael. But Danny was absent today so the teacher called Ishmael to the front of the classroom and asked him if he and Danny cheated off of each other's test. Ishmael first lied and said, “I don’t know how we have the same answer it had to by coincidence.” The entire class knew they cheated off of each other but no one uttered a word, we all just watched like we were frozen in time. The teacher just raised his eyebrow and folded his arms, and asked the question
I realized I couldn't trust any, not even myself. Anyone I trusted could turn on me to benefit themselves, and I have the horrible ability to do the same to others. Through analyzing my thoughts I formulated a question. When people change is it for the better or just for self-interest? From reading The Curious Case of Self-Interest: Inconsistent Effects and Ambivalence toward a Widely Accepted Construct by Anita Kim, self-interest is the number one thing that motivates human
The answer is yes, in the database Curious Case of Self-Interest: Inconsistent Effects and Ambivalence toward a Widely Accepted Construct by Anita Kim. Kim has proven that there are three perspectives of the way people have self-interest. This is shocking to me because going back to my personal connection I never would have thought people would turn on one another like Ishmael did Danny which is similar to the way Navy tricked Steven to benefit for herself. This has shown me that self-interest is the main factor that even operates on to see what can benefit themselves not caring about how it can affect others around them. Which makes us all seem like a bunch self-centered narcissist, only thinking about what is in it for