PHILOS 2TT3 Lecture Notes - Ethical Egoism, Psychological Egoism, Egotism
19 Sep 2012
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Psychological egoism: always acting out of self-interest: acting as if we take interest in others" interests. Ethical egoism: each person ought to pursue her self-interest exclusively. Some passages do support this. : many scholars argue that he had a more sophisticated view, that he thought people had a limited benevolence, that it is uncharitable to call him a psychological egoist, And that it leads to problems for his entire view. Practical and rational being; have identifiable ends and are able to reason about how to get those things: state of nature: no government, no authority. Man has a right to all things. Constant competition for resources, it is naturally assumed that resources are scarce. No security, no trust, only fear: reasons for war: Challenge others to preserve or protect one"s self. Improvement of reputation, to put oneself in the strongest position. Life is solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short .
