User blog comment:DarkSkullPirates/Different Views/@comment-4493594-20121005102909/@comment-85.250.155.110-20121006095920

"He has a sense of when to do the right thing"

Luffy's greatest and most interesting quality. Therein lie his incredible leadership skills - of course he's selfish. While STILL managing being a "good" guy.

This is why he's the crew's leader. He has concrete goals in mind and stops at nothing to realize them. Can you imagine a leader who's afraid to put his own crew at danger? A weakling unworthy of leading his people.

Luffy is inherently aware of these things, that's why everyone relies on him. Powerfull intuition. It all boils down to what you percieve as moral.

Goku was supposed to be a 100% moral character who ditched his kids and wife to selfishly pursue his training. Luffy fairs better in balancing everything IMO.