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I think that a person is selfless when they care for others as much as they care for themselves, i.e. someone might give food to another person if they are starving, however is that someone is starving themself, they would still make sure that they are fed too. I hope this makes sense. If not, the Australian philosopher Peter Singer has some interesting concepts regarding how a person can be either selfish or unselfish. He even refers to possible problems with this concept.

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