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Main Entry: self-cen·tered
Pronunciation: -'sen-t&rd
Function: adjective
1 : independent of outside force or influence : SELF-SUFFICIENT
2 : concerned solely with one's own desires, needs, or interests
- self-cen·tered·ly adverb
- self-cen·tered·ness noun
This definition interpreted literally means a person who does not or cannot take into consideration the effects of her/his actions on others. It also means such a person does not or cannot take into consideration the probable effects of other people's consequent reactions on her/him. Neither limitation is in her/his long term self-interest.
I think it
wrong to
not do what is probably in one's own long term self-interest, because such behavior will probably limit the quality and/or the length of one's term.