On Balance Humans Should Adopt Ethical Egoism as a Worldview

Me offering rebuttals to his round is going to open up arguments in my favor, so I'm vaguely going to touch on this due to Con saying he refused to argue for (a) then finally accepting mid debate that is he going to affirm (b). Why I win this debateCon has chosen to argue for (b) which is the status quo. Ironically enough he has not built a case for (b) or shown why (b) is more viable than ethical egoism. He makes a brief point about intellectual integrity saying that we should value others equally and not value ourselves more. The issue with this is that (b) is not under a specific moral or ethical framework. It's a melting pot of different ethical systems that causes misunderstandings, leads to wars , etc. Meaning under the status quo one could actually be an egoist, because it's not an objective framework that is being applied. It's entirely subjective based on personal opinion and thought. Con has not even bothered negating any of the points that I brought up about why the status quo is bad. He has basically conceded this entire argument to me. I've effectively established that the status quo causes harm, and he has not bothered to refute it or build a case for why it's better than ethical egoism. For him to even get points on this he would have to show that intellectual integrity which is the only vague point he makes, is being applied objectively across the status quo (it's not) for him to even be granted this point. He pokes at util here and there saying it's a valid ethical system without even defending util while also saying he refuses to defend it. Most of Cons Case is trying to show that Ethical Egoism would default down to Util, which would then somehow negate it. There is so much wrong with this. (a) Con grants me that a consistent ethical system would reduce harm. This is implied because he says *any* consistent ethical system would do this. He cites a few ethical systems to reinforce this. So just to clarify ; by saying that *any* ethical system would achieve this goal, he is admitting that a consistent worldview reduces harm(b) This is problematic for con because it's indirectly affirming that the status quo is harmful. Even if by some hoohaa miracle you decide to award him that ethical egoism somehow defaults down to util (it doesn't) then I still win. He has already conceded that a consistent world view would reduce harm. So *any* consistent worldview would achieve that. Ethical Egoism by definition is a type of worldview and ethical structure. Under basic logic, con is affirming the status quo yet acknowledging it is harmful. At the bare minimum, I have already shown that the status quo is extremely harmful which was then conceded. Even more than that, he affirms that any consistent ethical system would accomplish reducing harm. He literally has handed me the debate, and even went out of the way to gift wrap it for me. I'm automatically going to win harm just due to a lack of response. Even if you grant him intellectual integrity as a viable point, he would have to have shown that is is applied objectively across the status quo. I'm actually surprised he did not apply this under rule util, instead of deciding mid debate he is going to affirm the status quo where this line of logic cannot even be applied. The status quo does not affirm the betterment of society on a objective level, it's entirely subjective so this entire point about putting others before yourself would only be viable if he placed it under a different ethical system and applied it objectively across the board. The rest of his case is literally trying to show that Ethical Egoism would default down to Util and negate itself. I went in great detail to show that there is a fundamental difference between the two. Just because you arrive at the same conclusion does not mean the paths are the same or the motivations are the same. The wife scenario literally destroys any resemblance of this being like util, as util would always require you to save the wife. Ethical Egoism literally allows you to operate and make choices that are moral based on *how they affect you*, while still bettering society. Cons inability to differentiate between the two has literally lost him this debate. That and his refusal to even respond to any of the harm arguments I brought up from the status quoTakeaway points from this debate(1) Con drops all arguments regarding harm to society (2) In fact he concedes this argument with the following line" Ignore all of the parts where Pro talks about the benefits of a "united" ethical system, because those benefits are completely non-unique to egoism. *It's not debatable that the world would be a better place if everyone agreed on everything*. But there are a lot of ethical systems out there, and any one of them could suffice as the "united" ethical system -- utilitarianism, Kantian deontology, virtue ethics, natural law ethics, contractualism, or even something as obscure as Levinasian ethics (based in human empathy). Ultimately, this argument still fails to answer the real question: why egoism? "Con concedes that a united ethical system would make the world a better place. Yet he affirms the status quo where there is *not* a united ethical system, and which is a miss mesh of different ethical systems. He concedes harm to me(3) He fails to show that Util and Ethical Egoism are the same thing, or whatever he was seeking to do. While both may reach a similar conclusion, egoism still results in a *different* conclusion with *different* ways in how they arrive at the concussion thus making them fundamentally different. Just because they can overlap does not make them the same. The fact that I accepted that the collective good is a great thing is entirely different than using a Util Framework. It's using consequentalism as a guiding factor. Just because Util and Ethical Egoism both use consequentalism, they are still fundamentally different because util requires you to make non moral choices for the betterment of society, while Egoism operates under what is valuable to you *while overlapping* with what is best for society. His failure to see a distinction hurts him severely. Refer to back to wife with cancer argument. Util requires the betterment of a society as a whole, while egoism requires the selfish desire to make society better because an egoist relies on society (4) Pros point about intellectual honesty and valuing everyone equally is entirely irrelevant. No one is required under the status quo to value each other equally, anyone could be an egoist. He is saying we *all should* value each other equally, which would require him to support an alternative worldview and have a different ethical system outlined as an alternative. He refused to do this and chose the status quo, and since this point cannot be objectively applied to a subjective system, then we can dismiss it. He can't defend a subjective ethical system like the status quo that is a melting pot of views, and say we should objectively apply a *theory* without advocating for a ethical system that is viable in order to apply it too. It's inconsistent and illogical. No one under the status quo is required to believe that *they should* value others more than themselves. No one is even required to believe that the betterment of society is in their best interest. This entire point is mute due to pro refusing to debate an alternative . Just as a hypothetical. let's assume you give him (you shouldn't because I destroyed this) that ethical egoism harms intellectual integrity by not valuing others equally. The advocacy he is supporting harms intellectual integreity as well because under his advocacy one is allotted to be an egoist. The debate then defaults down to impacts which he has already conceded to me due to him stating a consistent ethical system would by default reduce harm because everyone would understand each other. Con ends his round saying that even if we grant me my frame work then I have to show that egoism is beneficial to society, which I have. As he has already conceded that *any* objective ethical system would make society a better place. I know I've restated these points like three times in this round but it's essential that the voters understand this and why con loses. This is an easy decisionThank you con for the debate