HOW TO BUILD SELFLESSNESS IN A SOCIETY

This is a social situation in which one thinks more about the needs, welfare, happiness, joy, rewards, etc of other people than about oneself. Selflessness is an act or culture of doing things that are beneficial to others. It is a great social value which every society advocates or desires. Selflessness is the opposite of selfishness. A selfless person is neither self-centered, nor self-seeking whereas a selfish person is self-centered and self seeking and full of himself. Everything he thinks and does is solely for his good and benefit and not for others.

QUALITIES OF SELFLESSNESS

1. It does not seek for self-indulgence or self-satisfaction but of what will benefit all and sundry. 2. There is high degree of love for society and all that dwell in it. 3. Selflessness helps to remove greed, selfishness, bitterness and rancor in the minds of the people and society at large. 4. Selflessness spurs in people the spirit of patriotism which is necessary for the sustainable growth and development of human and material resources in any given society.

NEED FOR SELFLESSNESS IN OUR SOCIETY

a. Selflessness as an aspect in the content of Basic Civic Education would help in the total transformation of the Nigerian society to a better one. Others include: b. Selflessness on the part of our people will bring about self-awareness and actualization of the interest goals of the people and abilities, thereby making the labor force to be adequately engaged. c. Economic individualism breeds avaricious (greedy) individuals and agencies. They stop at nothing to create artificial scarcity of goods in order to exploit the situation to their personal advantage.