The evidence does not substantiate the predictions of social irresponsibility. But the relationship between human potential ideology and behavior of participants requires further attention than these preliminary findings. Even if it is more firmly established that participants in these trainings do in fact reach out to others by following their own interests, material abundance may be a necessary precondition. The ethic of enlightened self-interest may not be a workable ethic for hard times when material scarcity presages the war of all against all.