Egoism
Eye in Control
Man’s worst enemy has always been himself, his extremist thoughts and desires. His inclinations and actions seem to be guided by his drives that pull his strings in ways to create the show they fancy. “Are all actions motivated egoistically?” This generalized question has been a debate for so long. In order to judge whether it’s guilty of being considered a tautology we need to define and dive in depth of the word egoism along with the phrase “human actions” and see if they coincide at all cases.
The term egoism is derived from “ego” the Latin term for “I”. Egoism is the habit of valuing everything only by referring to one’s personal interest. This definition shows that a man with ego is a man who is selfish, concentric, arrogant and inconsiderate of others; one who puts his self-interest as a priority over other matters. But what is the self?
Man is born with no awareness of what exists around him. As babies, our senses are the tools for measuring the pulse of our surroundings and with their help we construct a brief structure of what the world is. Initially, we are bestowed with some elements of the self not to our choosing, called genetic elements, which are passed down to us biologically. Research have shown that in the blueprints of our genes we carry chromosomes that relate to our morals, mood and character; and so the “self” has already started formation. As time goes by, our interaction with the environment we live in and our personal experiences synchronized with what we inherit biologically contribute in forming the identity of the ‘self’. The ‘self’ is hence related to the mind and soul, i.e. the thoughts, emotions and visions that depend on the series of events occurred through our lives and their accumulation on the long run. For that reason, the ‘self’ differs from one to another and so satisfying its interest differs accordingly.
Actions are the process of doing something typically to accomplish an aim; an intention or an
Man’s worst enemy has always been himself, his extremist thoughts and desires. His inclinations and actions seem to be guided by his drives that pull his strings in ways to create the show they fancy. “Are all actions motivated egoistically?” This generalized question has been a debate for so long. In order to judge whether it’s guilty of being considered a tautology we need to define and dive in depth of the word egoism along with the phrase “human actions” and see if they coincide at all cases.
The term egoism is derived from “ego” the Latin term for “I”. Egoism is the habit of valuing everything only by referring to one’s personal interest. This definition shows that a man with ego is a man who is selfish, concentric, arrogant and inconsiderate of others; one who puts his self-interest as a priority over other matters. But what is the self?
Man is born with no awareness of what exists around him. As babies, our senses are the tools for measuring the pulse of our surroundings and with their help we construct a brief structure of what the world is. Initially, we are bestowed with some elements of the self not to our choosing, called genetic elements, which are passed down to us biologically. Research have shown that in the blueprints of our genes we carry chromosomes that relate to our morals, mood and character; and so the “self” has already started formation. As time goes by, our interaction with the environment we live in and our personal experiences synchronized with what we inherit biologically contribute in forming the identity of the ‘self’. The ‘self’ is hence related to the mind and soul, i.e. the thoughts, emotions and visions that depend on the series of events occurred through our lives and their accumulation on the long run. For that reason, the ‘self’ differs from one to another and so satisfying its interest differs accordingly.
Actions are the process of doing something typically to accomplish an aim; an intention or an