September 11‚ 2013 Psychological Egoism Psychological Egoism is the position that the ultimate motive of all actions is selfish. It is not the position that everyone should be motivated by selfish desires‚ but rather that they are motivated by selfish desires. This is supposed to be a psychological fact of human motivations. Joel Feinberg presents a multitude of arguments against psychological egoistic hedonism. There are four “arguments” which support psychological egoism: (a) “Every action of mine
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are objective[->1] in the sense that they exist in a spirit-like realm beyond subjective human conventions. They also hold that they are absolute‚ or eternal‚ in that they never change‚ and also that they are universal insofar as they apply to all rational creatures around the world and throughout time[->2]. The most dramatic example of this view is Plato[->3]‚ who was inspired by the field of mathematics. When we look at numbers and mathematical relations‚ such as 1+1=2‚ they seem to be timeless concepts
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same way‚ others as well don’t exist as servants or slaves to a person’s own interests. Everyone does what they really want to do otherwise‚ they wouldn’t do it. Ayn Rand‚ a Great Russian philosopher‚ believed that humans are rational beings and maintained the idea that rational people will help others if they get something in return. This idea is a voluntary co-operation‚ which applies to dealings with trade and justice. It also applies to human relationships. I believe that all our actions‚ whether
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After listening to your feedback on the paper that I turned in‚ as nice as you were at choosing your words regarding what my paper reflected. I had to sit with myself and really think about where those ideas and thoughts had come from that I wrote down cause when I listened to what you were saying‚ all I could think about was “that doesn’t sound like me”! It had to be though because no one else wrote that paper for me. After a lot of thought I went back quite a few years to a time when I was an active
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back at her son for not going to Florida and to at least let her see a small artifact from her past in a shape of a house. However‚ she leads her family the wrong way literally and metaphorically in which she led them to the road of destruction. The egoism expressed by the two characters is the cause of conflict in the short stories and its tragic resolution. If not for Julian’s constant attempts to anger his mother‚ she would never have gotten a heart attack. Also‚ if not for the grandmother continuously
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Part A (a): Ethical dilemma Kate is faced with the dilemma is weather to report about the contaminated milk to the Queensland Food Safety Authority (FSA). Ethical egoism Under ethical egoism‚ Kate should report the issue to the food safety Authority. Because under the ethical egoism it is maximising the self-interest which she doesn’t want to see customers get ill and furthermore the business get bad publicity. Also being rewarded as a most honest person in the restaurant she doesn’t want to be
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There are a few reasons as to why I do not think an ethical egoist would agree with Socrates decision to stay and be executed. For example‚ egoists don’t care about the good cause‚ Gods cause‚ the cause of mankind‚ the cause of truth‚ of freedom‚ of humanity‚ and of justice‚ which will all Socrates does care about. Egoist believes that the only concern is themselves and that there is no meaning to good or bad. Socrates viewpoint about remaining in jail and being executed is all based on the idea
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INTRODUCTION 1. Key Theoretical concepts of my approach. My personal story. As a child‚ I was gregarious‚ outgoing‚ and happy-go-lucky. I did not know why I was unable to focus when I had been one of the best students during my primary school. I had been talkative‚ but I kept to myself‚ remained silent‚ and let bullies pick on me especially my father and my second sister who love to find faults in me and yelled at me for no reasons. I hadn’t the slightest idea what was going on with my body
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Christian and Non-Christian Rational-Emotive Therapy And Review of Results Abstract This study is conducted to find out if whether CRET is more effective in treating Christian subjects suffering from depression than RET treatment. A group of participants are gathered and separated into two different study groups. One group of participants are treated individually with CRET and the other group with RET. It is found that neither treatment is more effective than the other in treating depression
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In this file of PSY 301 Week 4 Discussion Question 1 Altruism and Prosocial Behavior you will find the next information: Examine the concept of altruism and altruistic behavior. What does it mean for someone to behave altruistically? What is gained from this action‚ and how does it differ from egoistic behavior? What are some reasons why people would want to help one another‚ without regard for personal gain or benefit? In addition‚ explain the bystander effect. If we all have a genuine desire to
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