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Psychological Egoism

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Philosophy

 

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Thomas A

 

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October 7, 2013

 

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University

 

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For example, Mother Teresa is just using the poor for her own long-term spiritual gain. Being a universal claim, it could falter with a single counterexample. And being that I believe this claim to be bunk I will tell you why! If I help a friend out of trouble, there is a chance that I would feel happy afterwards...
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But was that happiness the motive for my actions or just the result? I didn't save my friend in order to feel good; rather, I feel good because I helped my friend. Psychological egoism doesn't have an empirical or scientific leg to stand on. Furthermore, how can one know with any certainty that they are acting in their ultimate self-interest? What they do could me in their immediate self-interest, but could work against them in the future, knowingly or unknowingly...
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