Psychological egoism is the view that humans are always motivated by self-interest and selfishness, even in what seem to be acts of altruism. It claims...
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Egoism is a philosophy concerned with the role of the self, or ego, as the motivation and goal of one's own action. Different theories of egoism encompass...
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philosophy, ethical egoism is the normative position that moral agents ought to act in their own self-interest. It differs from psychological egoism, which claims...
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Joel Feinberg (section "Psychological Egoism")
students at Brown, Feinberg seeks to refute the philosophical theory of psychological egoism, which in his opinion is fallacious. So far as he can tell, there...
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possible in human psychology is a subject of debate. The theory of psychological egoism suggests that no act of sharing, helping, or sacrificing can be truly...
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The Ego and Its Own (redirect from Dialectical egoism)
world-view. Stirner's Egoism is a descriptive psychological egoist, though he differentiates between conscious and involuntary egoism.: 31 Stirner does...
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Claude Adrien Helvétius (section Psychological egoism)
Claude Adrien Helvétius (/hɛlˈviːʃəs/; French: [klod adʁijɛ̃ ɛlvesjys]; 26 January 1715 – 26 December 1771) was a French philosopher, freemason and littérateur...
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is often called psychological hedonism, and if the drive is specified for self-interest, psychological egoism. Rational psychological determinism claims...
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Naïve cynicism is a philosophy of mind, cognitive bias and form of psychological egoism that occurs when people naïvely expect more egocentric bias in others...
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"Rationality, Egoism, and Morality, where it was briefly mentioned. Enlightened self-interest Ethical egoism Psychological egoism Rational egoism Rule utilitarianism...
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Egoist anarchism (redirect from Egoism (anarchism))
Egoist anarchism or anarcho-egoism, often shortened as simply egoism, is a school of anarchist thought that originated in the philosophy of Max Stirner...
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Psychological determinism can mean that humans must act according to reason, but it can also be synonymous with some sort of psychological egoism. The...
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Max Stirner (section Egoism)
has been broadly understood as containing traits of both psychological egoism and rational egoism. Unlike the self-interest described by Ayn Rand, Stirner...
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Property dualism - Pseudophilosophy - Psychiatry, philosophy of - Psychological egoism - Psychology, philosophy of - Pure practical reason - Pure reason...
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classified as perceptual). Critics identify the fallacy in arguments for psychological egoism, which proposes that all actions conducted by individuals are motivated...
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moral character (especially as related to virtue ethics), altruism, psychological egoism, moral luck, moral forecasting, moral emotion, affective forecasting...
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is, according to Bennett, "unflattering, coloured as it is by universal egoism". Spinoza's notion of blessedness figures centrally in his ethical philosophy...
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episode has been analyzed for its themes of physical drives and psychological egoism. The production for the episode required several physically exerting...
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Hedonism (redirect from Psychological hedonism)
pleasure and avoiding pain. This is usually understood in combination with egoism, i.e. that each person only aims at their happiness. For example, Thomas...
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2009, p. 150. Dowden 2010, "Line-Drawing". Feinberg, Joel (2007). "Psychological Egoism". In Shafer-Landau, Russ (ed.). Ethical Theory: An Anthology. Blackwell...
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pleasure Hedonic treadmill Intrinsic value Leisure satisfaction Psychological egoism Rat race Tantalus Willpower paradox "Paradox of Hedonism". The Sophist...
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Hobbes, Hume argues that this is not in fact the case, rejecting psychological egoism—the view that all intentional actions are ultimately self-interested...
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economics Ethical egoism Friedrich Nietzsche and the "will to power" Helping behavior Give and take Identity politics Psychological egoism Reciprocal altruism...
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was a rare major figure in the history of philosophy to endorse psychological egoism. He was also a determined opponent of religion, as Crimmins observes:...
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". It involves ideas of determinism and free will, as well as of psychological egoism. The Old Man asserts that the human being is merely a machine, and...
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Selfishness (category Egoism)
Philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche Philosophy of Max Stirner Psychological egoism Rational egoism Secular humanism Self-serving bias The Selfish Gene Thelema...
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Egotism (category Egoism)
egoism Grandiosity Hubris Implicit egotism Megalomania (disambiguation) Narcissistic elation Pride Psychological egoism Psychopathy Rational egoism Selfishness...
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right if the person acts for their own benefit. It differs from psychological egoism, which states that people actually follow their self-interest without...
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Self-interest (category Egoism)
towards pursuits that benefit the state. Psychological concepts concerned with self-interest include psychological egoism, the view that humans are always motivated...
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Cynicism (contemporary) (category Psychological attitude)
Naïve cynicism is a philosophy of mind, cognitive bias and form of psychological egoism that occurs when people naïvely expect more egocentric bias in others...
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