Humans are clearly driven by selfishness as every action they make is intended to somehow benefit themself. While such actions may often be perceived as kind or altruistic, the underlying motivations behind this behavior is always driven by some form of self interest.

Why are humans driven by self-interest?

Many experiments establish that humans are very interested in fairness and may sacrifice their own self-interest to maintain a fair outcome. Humans also appear to get satisfaction from helping others. These psychological drives may work against the affirmative's case.

Are humans inherently self interested?

Psychological egoism is the view that humans are always motivated by self-interest and selfishness, even in what seem to be acts of altruism. ... It is, however, related to several other normative forms of egoism, such as ethical egoism and rational egoism.