Why Are Some People So Selfish?

[Arrods]

BIL owns a gravel driveway in respect of which 4 other residents have rights to access their own properties. Under the rollout of the fibre network, he has been asked for permission for ducting to be installed under the driveway to provide the new superfast broadband service to the properties, including his own. He is refusing on the grounds that he's not interested in having internet access - despite the fact that, being a gravel drive, there will be no visible signs of excavation when the work is complete. Instead he has suggested the excavations bypass the drive and are re-routed through all the other properties' cultivated gardens.

He admits he is a selfish person. Perhaps my question is rhetorical?

[Arrods]

Thanks builder. I seem to recall all the utility services are underground. So there's a good chance there's already an easement regarding such services. Hope so!

[Theland]

We all have the potential for evil within us, but make a decision to overcome it and opt for altruism, a form of love.
Some take a perverse pleasure in doing the opposite.