Ethical Egoism

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Title: Ethical Egoism
Author: Nobis, Nathan
Date: 2021
Publication Date: 2021
Decade: 2020-2029
Abstract: Selfishness is often considered a vice and selfish actions are often judged to be wrong. But sometimes we ought to do what's best for ourselves: in a sense, we sometimes should be selfish. The ethical theory known as ethical egoism states that we are always morally required to do what's in our own self-interest. The view isn't that we are selfish�this is psychological egoism[1]�but that we ought to be. This essay explores ethical egoism and the main arguments for and against it.
Document Type: text
Format: application/pdf
Medium: articles
Collection: Morehouse College Faculty Publications
Institution: Morehouse College
Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/mc.ir.fac.pub:2021_nobis_nathan_1
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