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For most people i would say yes, since most people live with the image of identity in their head and they want to live up to it, they help out so they can get validation from others / impress others as being the "nice guy". It is still better than being completely self-centered and not care, its just that motivation comes from validation seeking and not from pure right action. Selfishness depends on the way you define the self. Ego means you define yourself as separate entity from your environment. If you have no ego activity, that means that you realize that environment is part of what you are, and by helping others you basically help yourself, since others are also part of you. So by definition even without ego it is selfish, but then selfishness as a word is meaningless since everything is part of the self.