EGOISM

Presented by Cheree Razon

B HUM SERV 1-A

 Ethical egoism was introduced by the
THE philosopher Henry Sidgwick in his book “The

CONCEP Methods of Ethics”, written in 1874.

T OF The theory of egoism states that an action is

EGOISM morally right if the decision maker freely

decides in order to pursue either their desires
of interest.

page 2
 The term “egoism” derives from “ego,” the Latin
term for “I” in English.

In philosophy, egoism is the theory that one’s self is,

or should be, the motivation and the goal of one’s

EGOISM
own action. Egoism has two variants, descriptive or
normative. The descriptive (or positive) variant
conceives egoism as a factual description of human
affairs. That is, people are motivated by their own
interests and desires, and they cannot be described
otherwise. The normative variant proposes that
people should be so motivated, regardless of what
presently motivates their behavior.
page 2
Ethical Egoism is an ethical position which claims that it
is always right to do what would benefit you the most. It
is morally good to do whatever will give the best outcome
for you. It is morally obligatory that you act in your own
self interest.

Rational Egoism claims that someone that acts in their

own self interest is logical or rational.
REFERENCE
https://iep.utm.edu/egoism/
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/egoism-mistreatment-
workers-james-di-martino

THANKYOU!