A modern day definition of a friend can be defined as "one joined to another in intimacy and mutual benevolence independently of sexual or family love". ... It is a relationship of mutual respect and love. ... No act is completely selfless, take an old lady about to cross a busy road, would you help her because she needs help or because you would feel a great deal of self-satisfaction by helping her? ... He should love everyone equally. ...

• Word Count: 1411
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

He also sacrifices and surrenders the things that he loves and values in life in an attempt to win social approval. ... Both Toohey and Peter Keating are characterized as the selfless altruist whose entire lives revolve around other people. ... But he also loves man's noblest achievements, and owns a private gallery of great artworks. ...

• Word Count: 2371
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

It creates individuals who are selfless when they're acting patriotic. ... This is because what is required to create selfless patriotism is an attachment, or love for country that is so intense, that it is difficult to see its' community as being unjust. ...

• Word Count: 2230
• Approx Pages: 9
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But in Dorian's place and time its safe to say that the civilized Western culture in which he lived carried societal views that prevented individuals from narcissistic thought and encouraged selflessness and natural fulfillment. ... Victor displays all characteristics of a narcissist: feelings of rage in response to criticism, fantasizing of unlimited power and pleasure, singular fixation, and the inability to love others. Frankenstein also exhibits signs of the contradictory nature of narcissism: self-love exists with self-hate, fragile self-worth results in a sense of entitlement, and ...

• Word Count: 1962
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

He was tormented by his love of Germany and his understanding of Hitler; he knew that a man like Hitler should never be given an atomic bomb, but he did not want to see his homeland reduced to ruins either. ...

• Word Count: 2064
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School