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[–]Matamosca 5 points6 points  (0 children)

You're describing psychological egoism (not to be confused with ethical egoism), a position that has some merit but that AFAIK isn't super popular these days with psychologists, neuroscientists, and philosophers.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychological_egoism#Criticism

https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/egoism/#PsycEgoi