PHL275H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Egotism, Harm Reduction, Thrasymachus
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As a result they begin to make laws and covenants, and the law"s command they call lawful and just. Why does glaucon tell this tale: to press the immoralist challenge that perhaps no persons are motivationally disposed to willingly act against their self-interest when they can get away with doing so. Joel feinberg: psychological egoism psychological egoism pushes the motivational immoralist challenge to ethical life to its limit psychological egoism. Appearance of altruism the psychological egoist does not deny that people are capable of desiring things other than their own interest but it must be a means to their own interest. Peh is a part of the genus of psychological egoism (pe) self-interest is a broader category than one"s own pleasure. Common arguments for psychological egoism is feinberg for or against psychological egoism against. 18th century ethics attempts to dispel psychological egoism there are four common arguments: every action of mine is my action arising from my desires and motives.
