Selfish actions are very important according to the Scottish economist and philosopher Adam Smith. Millions of people taking part in purely selfish actions will always and without fail result in an outcome that is of the utmost and overall benefit of the society as a whole despite that such an outcome was never the original intention of any of the actors- The Invisible Hand Theory. It is why you will always be swept away if you initiate evil. Man is the author of the ultimate action while God (The Invisible Hand) authors the ultimate plan is my simplified form of the theory.