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What is the term for the tendency to care more about problems that we perceive as directly affecting us? Or, relatedly, the tendency to show more empathy for people's problems when we perceive the people to be more similar to us?

There must be academic terminology related to this. I have tried Googling with different keywords, but I haven't found any relevant results.

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What is the term for the tendency to care more about problems that we perceive as directly affecting us? Or, relatedly, the tendency to show more empathy for people's problems when we perceive the people to be more similar to us?

There must be academic terminology related to this. I have tried Googling with different keywords, but I haven't found any relevant results.

terminology academia

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  Would "self-interest" fit?
  
  – Steve Bird
  Feb 14 at 11:24
  

  
  
  
  


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  Hey, mind your own business. : )
  
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What is the term for the tendency to care more about problems that we perceive as directly affecting us? Or, relatedly, the tendency to show more empathy for people's problems when we perceive the people to be more similar to us?

There must be academic terminology related to this. I have tried Googling with different keywords, but I haven't found any relevant results.

terminology academia

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KellyKelly

141

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I came up with "relatable" and the idiom "hit home". I think either of these could be used in an academic context. They both address "self-interest" in a broader sense.

As an alternative, there are many words that can be made using "self-" as a suffix.
"self-association", for one, would seem very fitting for academic purposes.

I did find one final possibility that might better express an academic term for the "self" aspect of the human condition. A term used in Psychotherapy is "self-centric" (or "self-centrism" as a noun). It is better defined and distinguished at the last link below.

https://www.thefreedictionary.com/relatable

https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/hit+home

https://www.thefreedictionary.com/self-interest

https://www.thefreedictionary.com/association

https://www.kgrierson.com/uncategorized/great-reframe-selfish-vs-self-centric/

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  I appreciate the feedback, but I am looking for a term that encompasses/defines one/either of those tendencies, rather than an adjective that describes them.
  
  – Kelly
  Feb 14 at 12:12
  

  
  
  
  


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  Do you mean in the sense of "relatability" (as a noun)? Something can also have "self-interest" (as a noun). Or, do you mean "the tendency" (human condition) to care more when something involves self in the equation?
  
  – user22542
  Feb 14 at 12:35
  

  
  
  
  


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  Hi Kelly. if "selfishness", "empathy", or "sympathy" would work, I could add them to the answer.
  
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  I do mean the "tendency" (human condition). I imagine there must be an academic term that refers to this.
  
  – Kelly
  Feb 14 at 13:36
  

  
  
  
  


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  Thanks for clarification. I added one more. Lots of possibilities there.
  
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  Feb 14 at 14:27
  

  
  
  
  

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If you're looking for a philosophical term for the belief or behaviour, egoism fits:

[Merriam-Webster]

1 a : a doctrine that individual self-interest is the actual motive of all conscious action
b : a doctrine that individual self-interest is the valid end of all actions
2 : excessive concern for oneself with or without exaggerated feelings of self-importance

In such beliefs or behaviour, if something doesn't concern the person directly, they care less about it.

Similarly, if they see somebody else as being like them, they may have more interest in how things affect the other person because it might have a similar affect on them. To an egoist, how the other person is affected would be taken as a kind of early warning system—similar to the canaries miners used to take into caves to see if they needed to worry about breathable air.

Note that in this case, empathy doesn't equate to sympathy, but merely practicality and intellectual interest.

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It is sometimes called nimbyism.

NIMBY = "Not in my back-yard".

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  I've often heard the term in a more specific sense to refer to a person objecting to structures when they would be placed in the objector's own community, especially if that person otherwise supports them or benefits from them: affordable housing, nuclear plants, waste sites, prisons, wind plants.
  
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I came up with "relatable" and the idiom "hit home". I think either of these could be used in an academic context. They both address "self-interest" in a broader sense.

As an alternative, there are many words that can be made using "self-" as a suffix.
"self-association", for one, would seem very fitting for academic purposes.

I did find one final possibility that might better express an academic term for the "self" aspect of the human condition. A term used in Psychotherapy is "self-centric" (or "self-centrism" as a noun). It is better defined and distinguished at the last link below.

https://www.thefreedictionary.com/relatable

https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/hit+home

https://www.thefreedictionary.com/self-interest

https://www.thefreedictionary.com/association

https://www.kgrierson.com/uncategorized/great-reframe-selfish-vs-self-centric/

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edited Feb 14 at 14:26

answered Feb 14 at 12:08

user22542user22542

3,2741411

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  I appreciate the feedback, but I am looking for a term that encompasses/defines one/either of those tendencies, rather than an adjective that describes them.
  
  – Kelly
  Feb 14 at 12:12
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Do you mean in the sense of "relatability" (as a noun)? Something can also have "self-interest" (as a noun). Or, do you mean "the tendency" (human condition) to care more when something involves self in the equation?
  
  – user22542
  Feb 14 at 12:35
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Hi Kelly. if "selfishness", "empathy", or "sympathy" would work, I could add them to the answer.
  
  – user22542
  Feb 14 at 12:51
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  I do mean the "tendency" (human condition). I imagine there must be an academic term that refers to this.
  
  – Kelly
  Feb 14 at 13:36
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Thanks for clarification. I added one more. Lots of possibilities there.
  
  – user22542
  Feb 14 at 14:27
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

0

I came up with "relatable" and the idiom "hit home". I think either of these could be used in an academic context. They both address "self-interest" in a broader sense.

As an alternative, there are many words that can be made using "self-" as a suffix.
"self-association", for one, would seem very fitting for academic purposes.

I did find one final possibility that might better express an academic term for the "self" aspect of the human condition. A term used in Psychotherapy is "self-centric" (or "self-centrism" as a noun). It is better defined and distinguished at the last link below.

https://www.thefreedictionary.com/relatable

https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/hit+home

https://www.thefreedictionary.com/self-interest

https://www.thefreedictionary.com/association

https://www.kgrierson.com/uncategorized/great-reframe-selfish-vs-self-centric/

share|improve this answer

edited Feb 14 at 14:26

answered Feb 14 at 12:08

user22542user22542

3,2741411

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  I appreciate the feedback, but I am looking for a term that encompasses/defines one/either of those tendencies, rather than an adjective that describes them.
  
  – Kelly
  Feb 14 at 12:12
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Do you mean in the sense of "relatability" (as a noun)? Something can also have "self-interest" (as a noun). Or, do you mean "the tendency" (human condition) to care more when something involves self in the equation?
  
  – user22542
  Feb 14 at 12:35
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Hi Kelly. if "selfishness", "empathy", or "sympathy" would work, I could add them to the answer.
  
  – user22542
  Feb 14 at 12:51
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  I do mean the "tendency" (human condition). I imagine there must be an academic term that refers to this.
  
  – Kelly
  Feb 14 at 13:36
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Thanks for clarification. I added one more. Lots of possibilities there.
  
  – user22542
  Feb 14 at 14:27
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

I came up with "relatable" and the idiom "hit home". I think either of these could be used in an academic context. They both address "self-interest" in a broader sense.

As an alternative, there are many words that can be made using "self-" as a suffix.
"self-association", for one, would seem very fitting for academic purposes.

I did find one final possibility that might better express an academic term for the "self" aspect of the human condition. A term used in Psychotherapy is "self-centric" (or "self-centrism" as a noun). It is better defined and distinguished at the last link below.

https://www.thefreedictionary.com/relatable

https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/hit+home

https://www.thefreedictionary.com/self-interest

https://www.thefreedictionary.com/association

https://www.kgrierson.com/uncategorized/great-reframe-selfish-vs-self-centric/

share|improve this answer

edited Feb 14 at 14:26

answered Feb 14 at 12:08

user22542user22542

3,2741411

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edited Feb 14 at 14:26

answered Feb 14 at 12:08

user22542user22542

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answered Feb 14 at 12:08

user22542user22542

3,2741411

answered Feb 14 at 12:08

user22542user22542

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If you're looking for a philosophical term for the belief or behaviour, egoism fits:

[Merriam-Webster]

1 a : a doctrine that individual self-interest is the actual motive of all conscious action
b : a doctrine that individual self-interest is the valid end of all actions
2 : excessive concern for oneself with or without exaggerated feelings of self-importance

In such beliefs or behaviour, if something doesn't concern the person directly, they care less about it.

Similarly, if they see somebody else as being like them, they may have more interest in how things affect the other person because it might have a similar affect on them. To an egoist, how the other person is affected would be taken as a kind of early warning system—similar to the canaries miners used to take into caves to see if they needed to worry about breathable air.

Note that in this case, empathy doesn't equate to sympathy, but merely practicality and intellectual interest.

share|improve this answer

answered Feb 15 at 15:56

Jason BassfordJason Bassford

19k32245

add a comment | 

0

If you're looking for a philosophical term for the belief or behaviour, egoism fits:

[Merriam-Webster]

1 a : a doctrine that individual self-interest is the actual motive of all conscious action
b : a doctrine that individual self-interest is the valid end of all actions
2 : excessive concern for oneself with or without exaggerated feelings of self-importance

In such beliefs or behaviour, if something doesn't concern the person directly, they care less about it.

Similarly, if they see somebody else as being like them, they may have more interest in how things affect the other person because it might have a similar affect on them. To an egoist, how the other person is affected would be taken as a kind of early warning system—similar to the canaries miners used to take into caves to see if they needed to worry about breathable air.

Note that in this case, empathy doesn't equate to sympathy, but merely practicality and intellectual interest.

share|improve this answer

answered Feb 15 at 15:56

Jason BassfordJason Bassford

19k32245

add a comment | 

If you're looking for a philosophical term for the belief or behaviour, egoism fits:

[Merriam-Webster]

1 a : a doctrine that individual self-interest is the actual motive of all conscious action
b : a doctrine that individual self-interest is the valid end of all actions
2 : excessive concern for oneself with or without exaggerated feelings of self-importance

In such beliefs or behaviour, if something doesn't concern the person directly, they care less about it.

Similarly, if they see somebody else as being like them, they may have more interest in how things affect the other person because it might have a similar affect on them. To an egoist, how the other person is affected would be taken as a kind of early warning system—similar to the canaries miners used to take into caves to see if they needed to worry about breathable air.

Note that in this case, empathy doesn't equate to sympathy, but merely practicality and intellectual interest.

share|improve this answer

answered Feb 15 at 15:56

Jason BassfordJason Bassford

19k32245

share|improve this answer

answered Feb 15 at 15:56

Jason BassfordJason Bassford

19k32245

answered Feb 15 at 15:56

Jason BassfordJason Bassford

19k32245

answered Feb 15 at 15:56

Jason BassfordJason Bassford

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It is sometimes called nimbyism.

NIMBY = "Not in my back-yard".

share|improve this answer

answered Feb 14 at 14:58

WS2WS2

52.3k28117249

• 
  
  
  

  
  2
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  I've often heard the term in a more specific sense to refer to a person objecting to structures when they would be placed in the objector's own community, especially if that person otherwise supports them or benefits from them: affordable housing, nuclear plants, waste sites, prisons, wind plants.
  
  – TaliesinMerlin
  Feb 14 at 15:06
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @TaliesinMerlin, I've only heard it used in that more specific sense.
  
  – Juhasz
  Feb 14 at 15:50
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

-1

It is sometimes called nimbyism.

NIMBY = "Not in my back-yard".

share|improve this answer

answered Feb 14 at 14:58

WS2WS2

52.3k28117249

• 
  
  
  

  
  2
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  I've often heard the term in a more specific sense to refer to a person objecting to structures when they would be placed in the objector's own community, especially if that person otherwise supports them or benefits from them: affordable housing, nuclear plants, waste sites, prisons, wind plants.
  
  – TaliesinMerlin
  Feb 14 at 15:06
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @TaliesinMerlin, I've only heard it used in that more specific sense.
  
  – Juhasz
  Feb 14 at 15:50
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

It is sometimes called nimbyism.

NIMBY = "Not in my back-yard".

share|improve this answer

answered Feb 14 at 14:58

WS2WS2

52.3k28117249

share|improve this answer

answered Feb 14 at 14:58

WS2WS2

52.3k28117249

answered Feb 14 at 14:58

WS2WS2

52.3k28117249

answered Feb 14 at 14:58

WS2WS2

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