Philosophy 302: Ethics; Ethical Egoism ... Life is not seen as a contest between people so much as it is a challenge. If someone an egoist, then that person does not necessarily act against my own self-interest.
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On this view, even though all actions are regarded as self-interested actions, the egoist readily points out that people usually try to conceal the determining motives for their actions because such concealment is usually in their self-interest. ... Ethics Homepage...
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Egoism is a teleological theory of ethics that sets as its goal the benefit, pleasure, or greatest good of the oneself alone. It is contrasted with altruism, which is not strictly self-interested, but includes in ... It will be difficult to find an action that the psychological egoist will acknowledge as purely altruistic,
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By Tara Smith ... Far from representing the rejection of morality, selfishness, in Rand's view, actually demands the practice of a systematic code of ethics. ... 8) Ayn Rand's Normative Ethics: The Virtuous Egoist (SC)
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Describe the difference between an egoist, such as Hobbes, who bases principles of reciprocal ethics on egoist ic principles, and those (such as Hume, Utilitarians, and Kant) who base principles of reciprocal ethics on natural sympathy.
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Tara Smith, Ayn Rand's Normative Ethics: the Virtuous Egoist, Cambridge, 2006, 309pp., $80.00 (hbk), ISBN 0521860504. ... Although the virtuous egoist will often have no reason to act generously or charitably, Smith gives examples of many situations where the virtuous egoist will act in these ways for the sake of some...
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Noting how recent scholarly work in ethics dances around the edges of seriously grappling with egoism, Dr. Smith offers the invitation: ... This review is from: Ayn Rand's Normative Ethics: The Virtuous Egoist (Paperback) ... Ayn Rand's Normative Ethics: The Virtuous Egoist by Tara Smith (Hardcover - May 1, 2006)
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