What we learn about positives of egoistic living

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Question - Hunger Games (Egoism and/or Altruism): Background: From the eText chapter 4, we read the following: "Popular culture is full of examples of the conflict between egoism and altruism. ... The film and book The Hunger Games shows us a life-and-death competition in which children struggle for survival in a war of all against all. In these contexts, egoism is to be expected and altruism is an exceptional and heroic virtue" (Ethics, MacKinnon, 2015, p.41).

What can we learn about the positives and negatives of egoistic living versus altruistic living from the s The Hunger Games? Do you agree with the idea that egoism and altruism are at odds or in conflict? Why or why not? In your view, which (egoism or altruism) work best for people's survival in normal life?

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