Assertion: ethical egoism | /r/HasSubevent | a conflict of desire
Facets:
value: straightforwardly
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: However, if we grant that the ethical egoist’s distinction between beliefs and desires is legitimate from a moral point of view, then this distinction does resolve the claim that ethical egoism leads to a conflict of desire, e.g., A desires the kidney and that B obtain the kidney, since it implies that A believes that B has a duty to receive the kidney but only desires that he himself have it.
text: Nevertheless, this misses the real point of the objection to ethical egoism, namely, that ethical egoism straightforwardly leads to a conflict of desire.