Assertion: ethical egoism | /r/HasProperty | theory
Facets:
value: within consequentialism
type: OTHER
value: about rational behavior
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: If ethical egoism is understood in the wider sense, it is a theory about rational behavior; and construing self-interest in Butler's second way, egoism says that a rational agent acts so as to maximize the realization of whatever she or he is interested in attaining.
text: However, the logical extrapolation is philosophically difficult (and, hence, intriguing) because ethical egoism is the theory that the promotion of one’s own self-interest is in accordance with morality whereas rights incorporate boundaries to behavior that reason or experience has shown to be contrary to the pursuit of self-interest.
text: Ethical egoism is a theory that only works when everyone practices it.
text: On the other hand, ethical egoism is a theory that prescribes moral obligation, where all people should be motivated out of self interest (Rachels, 2003, p. 70).
text: Ethical egoism is a theory prescribing that all human beings ought to pursue their own good....because everyone has different interpretations as to what constitutes happiness, conflicts are bound to exist between men and their selected preferences....
text: Both utilitarianism and ethical egoism are theories within consequentialism that focus on the outcome of conduct as the primary motivation of that action and any critique of whether or not that conduct is ethical.
text: Both utilitarianism and ethical egoism are theories within consequentialism that focus on the outcome of conduct as the primary motivation of that action and any critique of whether or not that conduct is ethical.
text: Act utilitarianism and ethical egoism are theories within the consequentialism.
text: In this respect, ethical egoism is quite different from psychological egoism, the theory that all our actions are ultimately self-interested.
text: Ethical Egoism is the theory that one should pursue his or her own interest above all the rest.
text: Ethical egoism is the theory that the promotion of one’s own good is in accordance with morality.
text: Ethical egoism is the theory
text: In this respect, ethical egoism is quite different from psychological egoism, the theory that all our actions are ultimately self-interested.
text: However, the logical extrapolation is philosophically difficult (and, hence, intriguing) because ethical egoism is the theory that the promotion of one’s own self-interest is in accordance with morality whereas rights incorporate boundaries to behavior that reason or experience has shown to be contrary to the pursuit of self-interest.