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Egoism can be a descriptive or a normative position. Psychological egoism, the most famous descriptive position, claims that each person has but one ultimate aim: her own welfare. Normative forms of egoism make claims about what one ought to do, rather than describe what one does do.
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Egoism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
• egotism, an excessive or exaggerated sense of self-importance • ethical egoism, the doctrine that holds that individuals ought to do what is in their self-interest • psychological egoism, the doct...
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Ethical egoism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ethical egoism or egotism (also called simply egoism ) is the normative ethical position that moral agents ought to do what is in their own self-interest. It differs from psychological egoism, wh...
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In philosophy, egoism is the theory that one’s self is, or should be, the motivation and the goal of one’s own action. Egoism has two variants, descriptive or normative. The descriptive (or positive) variant conceives egoism as a factual description of human affairs.
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Psychological egoism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Psychological egoism or egotism is the view that humans are always motivated by self-interest, even in what seem to be acts of altruism. It claims that, when people choose to help others, they do s...
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Synopsis of this ethical system, and short refutation ... This self-realization is not egoism; for egoism makes self the centre, the beginning and the end of action. On the other hand, the virtuousman sub-ordinates himself to the moralgood, which in the last analysis is identified with God.
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Psychological egoism is the claim that people always act selfishly, to foster their own self-interest or happiness. Psychological hedonism is the claim that people always act to attain their own pleasure and avoid pain.
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Varieties of Egoism: ... For our purposes, we will be concerned with five forms of egoism: common-sense egoism, psychological egoism, practical egoism, rational egoism, and ethical egoism. ... According to this view, egoism is a vice. It involves putting one’s own concerns over those of others. One’s behavior is egoistic if...
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