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A name for this quantity could be the "selfish metric."
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'''Selfish ideologies''' are correlated with selfish behavior, or encourage it.  It may be possible to quantify the degree of selfish conduct encouraged by an ideology.
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'''Selfish ideologies''' are correlated with selfish behavior, or encourage it.  It may be possible to quantify the degree of selfish conduct encouraged by an ideology. A name for this quantity could be the "selfish metric."
    
Characteristics of selfish ideologies include:
 
Characteristics of selfish ideologies include:
    
*reduced donations to charity, as a percentage of wealth or in absolute terms
 
*reduced donations to charity, as a percentage of wealth or in absolute terms
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*disproportionately large spending of taxes paid by others
 
*lack of charitable group activities, such as building hospitals, volunteering to teach, or raising children
 
*lack of charitable group activities, such as building hospitals, volunteering to teach, or raising children
 
*imposition of the self-interested desires of a few on a larger group in a manner that interferes with their enjoyment or values
 
*imposition of the self-interested desires of a few on a larger group in a manner that interferes with their enjoyment or values
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*excessive demands for attention by others, or [[provocateur]] activity
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The first two points are easily quantifiable.  The third and fourth points can also quantified, though less easily so.
    
== Homosexual ideology ==
 
== Homosexual ideology ==
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