User blog comment:Natalie Renderra/Gods on the Alignment Axis./@comment-4536066-20130719174300/@comment-4536066-20130720032316

Interest in just yourself, your own interests, and maybe the fre people close to you is a morally neutral trait, not a morally evil one. Straight from the Alignments guide, the secton on chaotic neutral:

"Their own personal freedoms come as a primary concern. Morality comes as a second priority to the need these characters feel to be free, and usually the only reliable thing about a chaotic neutral character is how completely unreliable they are. These characters are free-spirited and take no express pleasure in the unnecessary suffering of other beings. If a chaotic neutral were to join a team, it would be purely because that team's goals coincide with his or her own momentary goals. Such a character almost always resents taking direct orders and can be fiercely selfish in personal pursuits."

Chaotic evil describes senseless destruction. Morally evil characters are actively evil and typically take pleasure in cruelty, death, and destruction. Chaotic evils may not run around constantly wrecking havoc, but they actively enjoy causing and witnessing the suffering of others.

Keep in mind that the moral alignment axis of D&D isn't "What I think is good, what I think is evil," it's "What this system specifically defines as evil because evil is just the word we're using for it."