Wheel of Reason Activity: Analyze the Logic of Egocentrism

Egocentrism

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Purpose:

To gain selfish interests at the expense of the rights, needs, and desires of others, and to validate itself

Question(s):

How can I get what I want and avoid having to change in any fundamental way?

Information:

Information and knowledge that enable egocentric people to get what they want without having to change in any fundamental way

Inference(s):

Egocentric persons continually come to conclusions that serve, or seem to serve, their selfish advantage, or to self-validate

Concept(s):

The concepts of pursuing one’s selfish advantage and validating one’s self

Assumption(s):

I should be so placed in the world that I get what I want without having to change in any fundamental way

Implication(s):

What might follow and what does follow when I behave in self-serving, self-validating ways

Point(s) of View:

Seeing myself at the center of the world and everything else as a means to get what I want