Preservation of Self vs. Species

Survivalism posits that each individual is inherently in an eternal balancing act of priority between preservation of the self and preservation of the species. For example, the simple act of giving to charity presents a choice between whether to stockpile a resource (money) in case of future need for the self, or to acknowledge the genetic golden rule which encourages us to look after our fellow humans in the interest of the collective, or survival of the species.