Journeyman Philosopher

Due to the amount of comments on my last post, I felt it would be useful to continue the discussion of this topic with some basic questions.

Most of you follow the train of thought of arguer one. I have a few questions regarding your notions.

Is one selfish when they eat an orange they purchase?

Would they be selfish if they eat an orange they were given?

Is it selfish for them to eat an orange they’re being instructed to?

Or how about a more extreme example. Imagine you are the last living being on earth, but have been blessed with a lifetime supply of food. If you don’t eat it, it will simply go to waste. Are you selfish when you eat this food?

What if in the same situation it is your task to repopulate the earth through some pseudo cloning method. Lets say it was a task given to you by the Earth Government before they died, and all their hopes and ideals were left with you for the new earth. If you don’t eat surely you’ll die, and with you their last hopes. Is eating then selfish?

My point is that if in any of these you aren’t being selfish I believe it is because an external person is not in the picture. This would thereby mean that there needs to be an external person in the picture for someone to be considered selfish, more than likely due to the requisite of lacking consideration for other wants.

What do you think?