The five arguments against ethical egoism is plausible. Inconsistent outcome argument simply tries to prove that ethical egoism cannot be true because it fails to meet the necessary condition of morality which is being a guide to action. Publicity argument says that egoist’s egoistic project cannot be publicly advertised without harming the project itself. Paradox of Ethical Egoism says that for an egoist to achieve something, he must give up his egoistic belief
and be altruistic. Counterintuitive Consequences says egoistic behavior is not only permitted but also it is demanded by an absolute moral system. Finally, the problem of future generation is that egoists do not care for the future generation who will also be using the resources that they have today. Egoists will do everything to satisfy their needs and wants even though future generations will suffer.
The main focus of the four arguments is to justify that people do things mainly because of self-interest. Strict Psychological Egoism says that if the ideology of a person is already defined, you can never teach him to make more altruistic decisions, the Hobbe’s argument from predominant psychological egoism says that we are egoist because we live in world where only the fittest survives. Smith’s Economic Argument egoist makes decisions that create economic impact to the community. Rand’s argument says that selfishness is a virtue. For me, the most compelling argument is the predominant psychological egoism because it explains how the real world works, that for us to survive, we must make the decisions that we can benefit from.