Egoism and Altruism
Egoism and Altruism |
Psychological egoism claims that whatever we do, we do out of self-interest. Give an example of an act you think is not done out of self-interest, and explain how the psychological egoist might try to interpret that act as selfish. Respond in approximately 100 words.
Respond to at least two of your fellow students’ postings by Day 7.
From my understanding is that nothing is done with out self-interested applied. So my example is harder to come up with now but I will give it a shoot. A boy is walking down the street and sees a group of boy in a circle. As he is getting closer to them he hears a dog yelping. He discovers the boys and kicking the small dog. He stops watches for a minute and decides to do something about it. He says something to the other boys which results are him getting beat up and then broken up with a neighbor yells she is calling the police. The boys being to scatter leaving the injured boy and dog behind. This boy was acting like characteristic of Altruism sacrificing himself for a defenseless animal. The virtue of bravery ,courage and compassion was what the boy was using to try to protect this dog. He was being selfish in the sense he was not looking out for his own self interest.
References
K.Mosser (2010). Ethics and Social Responsibility. Bridgepoint Education, Inc., 13500 Evening Creek Drive North, Suite 600, San Diego, CA 92128 Retrieved form:
Psychological egoism claims that whatever we do, we do out of self-interest. Give an example of an act you think is not done out of self-interest, and explain how the psychological egoist might try to interpret that act as selfish. Respond in approximately 100 words.
Respond to at least two of your fellow students’ postings by Day 7.
From my understanding is that nothing is done with out self-interested applied. So my example is harder to come up with now but I will give it a shoot. A boy is walking down the street and sees a group of boy in a circle. As he is getting closer to them he hears a dog yelping. He discovers the boys and kicking the small dog. He stops watches for a minute and decides to do something about it. He says something to the other boys which results are him getting beat up and then broken up with a neighbor yells she is calling the police. The boys being to scatter leaving the injured boy and dog behind. This boy was acting like characteristic of Altruism sacrificing himself for a defenseless animal. The virtue of bravery ,courage and compassion was what the boy was using to try to protect this dog. He was being selfish in the sense he was not looking out for his own self interest.
References
K.Mosser (2010). Ethics and Social Responsibility. Bridgepoint Education, Inc., 13500 Evening Creek Drive North, Suite 600, San Diego, CA 92128 Retrieved form:
References: K.Mosser (2010). Ethics and Social Responsibility. Bridgepoint Education, Inc., 13500 Evening Creek Drive North, Suite 600, San Diego, CA 92128 Retrieved form: https://content.ashford.edu/books/AUSOC120.10.2/sections/ch00