Is $10 million the going price tag for self-preservation? lol
You're effectively putting a price tag on, and creating a threshold for decent/team-like behavior with totally selfish behavior.
Somebody brought up the Marines in this thread. Marines count on each other and will not let another Marine down, no matter what benefit may await him if he puts himself first. Unit-Corps-God-Country, right? Where's the "me?" The me if found in the greater sum of "we."
I think Daniel summed it up well and included a side I hadn't considered much, though it didn't change my position.