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ELI5: Why are we told to be altruistic and humble as good qualities yet greed and self-entitlement are rewarded in society (and nature)?

Thanks for all the insight!
gpt
Well society - at least ones that speak English generally - don't subscribe to natural law so it doesn't really matter to us whether nature is inherently in favour of our ways or not.

Why do greed and entitlement rewarded? Well you could argue they work despite society's efforts, you can argue we're just giving lip service to being humble and generous or you might argue that greed and entitlement only get you things that don't really matter.

Regardless it's a philosophical debate with no objectively correct answer. Can't really ELI5 this.