Can selfishness be justified?

Can selfishness be justified?
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answer:It definitely depends on the circumstances. If I won 48 million dollars and didn’t share a dime with my friends it would be selfish. If I won 48 million dollars and gave every single dime of it away it would be foolish (at least with my current budget). We would really need a situation to analyze.
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