Step 1: Think!
Define these two words: “egoism” or “self-centredness”. Give two examples of each.

Step 2:

Being egoistic makes us blind to others who may need our help and understanding, or it may lead us to offer it for the wrong motives; and that a society of self-centred people is an impoverished society; one devoid of sentiments of empathy and/or solidarity.
Go through one of the online newspapers or refer to a story you read. Identify self-centredness, lack of empathy and lack of solidarity in the story you choose.

Concluding activity
Whether we like it or not, we as part of and belong to a web of relations of different kinds that includes our relatives, friends, acquaintances, and also strangers; this web of relations is one of mutual and reciprocal benefits and burdens or obligations that we hold in common. The self-centred egoist recognises only the benefits and neglects the burdens or obligations – this is why s/he is morally impoverished.
Draw a web of relations you engage in – family, friends or another web you want. Identify the mutual benefits, burdens or obligations you have in common with these people.
Explain how one self-centred egoist in this web would harm those who come into contact with him or her.