PHLA11H3 Lecture Notes - Psychological Egoism
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P1. all human action is motivated by the individual"s own aims. Note: saying that the action is still an act done in one"s self-interest if an indirect feeling of satisfaction is felt is another argument as it does not attack p1. nor p2. One is aiming at something with that action. P1. needs to lead us from a trivial claim. Needs to move to a more controversial claim. If an action is motivated by the individual"s own aims then that individual must be aiming to satisfy something that is in their self-interest. Defending p2. by saying that psychological egoism is true is circular. Coming up with an argument that gives us reason to believe it. Note: paper needs to show this kind of stuff out. If basis for this claim is only appearances . Do not look out into the world for every action. Otherwise the claim that p2. renders the argument circulatory will be true.
