Rational egoism

Egoism. Egoism is concerned about selfishness or self-interest, it has to do with individualism or you don’t have to live for the sake of others. This assignment or the case study is based on prisoners which if prisoner A confesses and prisoner B remain silent, the years which they will have to serve in jail won’t be the same or their sentences won’t be the same. Firstly I will start emphasizing on psychological egoism, secondly on rational egoism and then lastly on ethical egoism. The egoism is divided into three: which is the psychological egoism, the rational egoism and lastly the ethical egoism. The psychological egoist will say every individual is concerned about his or herself and individual’s human behavior; the prisoners are motivated by their self interest and welfare. Prisoner A may confess or may remain silent it is up to himself and prisoner B may confess or may remain silent also it is up to his self interest. They may act to increase their own benefit. Regardless of what prisoner B will say, the prisoner A may betray prisoner B because going free is better than staying 20years in jail.…

Though there are quite a few philosophical theories to which a person may rest their convictions, ethical egoism is among the ones most debated. In this paper, I will argue as to why ethical egoism is not a good philosophy to follow. Ethical egoism is the normative theory that it is always morally right to encourage a person's own good. A normative theory is a hypotheses, or statement, that dictates what is right or wrong, and just, or unjust, in a society. Therefore, ethical egoism is the…

Egoism and Altruism are two ideas widely known in philosophy as two opposing ideas based on the actions of individuals. Egoists believe that people always act in their own self interest no matter what the situation is( Philosophy Questions & Theories, pg 28). Altruists believe that individuals will always act for the benefit of others. ( Philosophy Questions & Theories, pg 28). It is commonly known to be called “unselfishness”. These two ideas highlight the differences between two extreme…

recognition of world to this earthly and material world. When the world cut its cord from its origin and destination, the only priority with is prominent is describing the present situation of the world and things around. Beginning of rationalism of thoughts must track its origin in Greek philosophy and hidden theoretical rationalism found there. Because by presenting a rationalistic interpretation of the world, religious and heavenly interpretations gradually faded. This kind of novel thought…

As humans, we are inconsiderate and greedy animals who proceed down the most corrupted path to achieve our goals. Gone are our ethical values when our hunger for success is unleashed. Unconcerned with the wellbeing of others, our lethal daggers plunge into our vulnerable prey. With so many witnesses, why does no one step forward to save the victim? The answer is rather vague, and the ambiguity of the response is meant to mask the shameful reality; we, the human race, are selfishly disgusting. We…

“If you make yourself into a doormat, people will wipe their feet on you,” accommodated from Belizean Proverb. People who usually sacrifice their interests for others at all time, are often either limiting their own success by spending most of their time focusing on others, they never get their own work done, or they are abused by selfish people who view them as people who they can step on and take advantage of. These altruistic people can become the least successful when they cannot overcome…

t’s easy to be selfish, taking everything for yourself and not letting anybody in. Anybody and everybody can be selfish, but I believe there are circumstances that can teach you to be selfless. In the book Night by Elie Wiesel, Elie was put into this circumstance where he needed to be selfless and couldn’t remain selfish. Elie was a very religious boy who had gotten taken by the Nazi’s during World War II and placed in concentration camps. During his time in the camps his father fell ill and…

People are pretty selfish and independent huh? Damn, then there's people that puts others first. Individualistic society is comprised of a group of independent people that prioritize furthering one’s own self-interests. On the other hand, collectivist societies put society’s well-being over an individuals’. In the novel “Animal Farm” by George Orwell there is a farm taken control by animals and where animals believe they were equal. The two main character’s of “Animal Farm” are two pigs named…

In this essay, I will defend psychological egoism as the most probable explanation for moral choice and motivation. I hold psychological egoism to be “the view that all men are selfish in everything that they do, that is, that the only motive from which anyone ever acts is self-interest” (Rachels 233). Since every action is moved by a desire to be satisfied, even in supposedly altruistic acts, one acts on a desire to satisfy one’s desire, so that supposedly altruistic acts are not actually…

people have to accept the reality by correcting their mistakes and finding the right way to not only influences themselves, but also influences the society and others. No one can easily find their true identities by being selflessness because people are educated to view this world in a “self-focused’ way. People are over-valuing themselves, and gradually people are escaping from the reality because people in the current generation are indoctrinated by the idea of individualism. Even though…