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    Ethical Egoism

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    Ethical egoism is the normative theory that the promotion of one’s own good is in accordance with morality. In the strong version‚ it is held that it is always moral to promote one’s own good‚ and it is never moral not to promote it. In the weak version‚ it is said that although it is always moral to promote one’s own good‚ it is not necessarily never moral to not. That is‚ there may be conditions in which the avoidance of personal interest may be a moral action. In an imaginary construction

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    1. Introduction Rational Emotive Behavioural Therapy (REBT) was established by Albert Ellis and he has found that what individuals accepted unequivocally influenced how they responded rationally. Accordingly‚ when their beliefs became irrational‚ it would make individuals feel skeptical‚ edgy or bad tempered and would even prompt pounding toward oneself state of mind (Psych Central.com‚ 2014). REBT is a pragmatic methodology to help people in taking care of and vanquishing troubles and in addition

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    RATIONAL- LEGAL AUTHORITY Rational-legal authority (also known as rational authority‚ legal authority‚ rational domination‚ legal domination‚ or bureaucratic authority) is a form of leadership in which the authority of an organization or a ruling regime is largely tied to legal rationality‚ legal legitimacy and bureaucracy. The majority of the modern states of the twentieth century are rational-legal authorities‚ according to those who use this form of classification Authority Types Traditional

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    Psychological Egoism

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    Lauren Napoli October 8‚ 2012 Chapter 7 Discussion Questions Ethics 1.) Psychological egoism is not an ethical theory‚ but a descriptive view about human behavior. Given this‚ how might the truth of psychological egoism have implications on ethics? Ethics is a requirement for human life. It is our means of deciding a course of action. Without it‚ our actions would be random and aimless. There would be no way to work towards a goal because there would be no way to pick between a limitless

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    would be happy” p153 - Browne uses a concept that he calls the “Merry-go-round” that has no ultimate purpose or end p154 - Instead of using the term selfish we should give “prudential generosity” p154 - Browne grounds his views on psychological egoism‚ believes that we follow everything by a single motive “self-love” p154 - Unselfishness trap : the belief that you must be the happiness of others before your own - Everyone motive is doing what he believes will assure his happiness

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    You really have to be careful using egoism when you hold a position of power. You can’t do what is going to benefit their own interest but what is the best for law enforcement. There are times though where you have to do what is best for you‚ as an officer. I was always told that it is between

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    Egoism and Altruism

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    are objective[->1] in the sense that they exist in a spirit-like realm beyond subjective human conventions. They also hold that they are absolute‚ or eternal‚ in that they never change‚ and also that they are universal insofar as they apply to all rational creatures around the world and throughout time[->2]. The most dramatic example of this view is Plato[->3]‚ who was inspired by the field of mathematics. When we look at numbers and mathematical relations‚ such as 1+1=2‚ they seem to be timeless concepts

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    Psychological Egoism

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    September 11‚ 2013 Psychological Egoism Psychological Egoism is the position that the ultimate motive of all actions is selfish. It is not the position that everyone should be motivated by selfish desires‚ but rather that they are motivated by selfish desires. This is supposed to be a psychological fact of human motivations. Joel Feinberg presents a multitude of arguments against psychological egoistic hedonism. There are four “arguments” which support psychological egoism: (a) “Every action of mine

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    Lastly‚ I believe Ethical Egoism is important because nothing matters more than yourself. Although it is arguable that things like family are more important‚ what good is a family if you are not happy and feeling fulfilled in life? Sophism‚ Empiricism‚ and Ethical Egoism are the philosophies that define my life and show what I believe. Throughout my entire life‚ I have never been in a situation where

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    same way‚ others as well don’t exist as servants or slaves to a person’s own interests. Everyone does what they really want to do otherwise‚ they wouldn’t do it. Ayn Rand‚ a Great Russian philosopher‚ believed that humans are rational beings and maintained the idea that rational people will help others if they get something in return. This idea is a voluntary co-operation‚ which applies to dealings with trade and justice. It also applies to human relationships. I believe that all our actions‚ whether

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