benevolence vs selfishness

benevolence

noun
  • Charitable kindness. 

  • A kind of forced loan or contribution levied by kings without legal authority, first so called under Edward IV in 1473. 

  • An altruistic gift or act. 

  • Disposition to do good. 

selfishness

noun
  • the quality of being selfish; the condition of putting one's own interests before those of others. 

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