CAS PH 150 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Psychological Egoism, Snoring
9 Feb 2014
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If this is true, then altruism the direct desire to benefit others for their own sake without any ulterior motive does not exist: uses army sergeants (mcginnis) to explain this mcginnis dove on top of a grenade to save his friends. The grenade killed him instantly: psychological egoism says that none of these people are heroes their claim is that actions (such as these) are never done from altruistic motives. Egoism and altruism: all human actions are aimed at avoiding some personal loss or gaining some personal benefit (or both), either in the short run or in the long term (or both). However, many actions don"t achieve these aims i. e. avoiding personal loss or gaining personal benefit. Sneezing or snoring are not done from self-interest: egoists can handle this. In order to refute psychological egoism, you must provide examples in which a person intends to do something, even though she wasn"t trying to benefit herself.
