Does hobbes believe that all human motivation is selfish

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My paper topic is "Does Hobbes believe that all human motivation is selfish? That is, when a human being acts voluntarily, is the intended beneficiary always himself?"

I think this question is asking whether Hobbes is an egoist, we've discussed in class that there are different types of egoism: rule vs. ethical. I'm not sure what the difference is between them.

I also want to know which passages/chapters I should read specifically about this topic. I feel that Hobbes can be seen as an egoist from certain passages, but not so much from others, and I want to make sure I'm not missing anything.

This paper is supposed to be 5-8 pages long, and I was wondering if you have any advice on how I should go about the paper.

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