Ethical egoism has been alleged as the basis for immorality.

Another key concept that underlies modern business is ethical egoism.

Yangism has been described as a form of psychological and ethical egoism.

Ethical egoism can be broadly divided into three categories: individual, personal, and universal.

It has been argued that extreme ethical egoism is self-defeating.

These doctrines may, though, be combined with ethical egoism.

The opposing view is ethical egoism, which maintains that moral agents should always act in their own self-interest.

They extend this rational and ethical egoism to advocate a form of "biolibertarianism".

Far from resolving conflicts of interest, claimed Baier, ethical egoism all too often spawns them.

Ethical egoism is also different from amoralism.

Ethical egoism is often used as the philosophical basis for support of right-libertarianism and individualist anarchism.

Since the introduction of the term, ethical egoism has been retroactively applied to philosophers before Sidgwick.

Yangism was a form of ethical egoism founded by Yang Zhu.

One such theory is ethical egoism, which Parfit claims fails due to the Prisoner's dilemma.

Ethical egoism is opposed not only by altruist philosophers; it is also at odds with the majority of religion.

She supported rational and ethical egoism, and rejected ethical altruism.

Ethical egoism contrasts with ethical altruism, which holds that moral agents have an obligation to help others.

Ethical egoism is the normative ethical position that moral agents ought to do what is in their own self-interest.

Due to ethical egoism, individuals try to maximize their pleasure and minimize their pain; acting from the motive of self-interest.

Ethical Egoism.

Ethical egoism can be understood as a consequentialist theory according to which the consequences for the individual agent are taken to matter more than any other result.

However, it is different from other forms of egoism, such as ethical egoism and psychological egoism.

Baier believes that ethical egoism fails to provide the moral guidance and arbitration that it necessitates.

It is, however, related to several other normative forms of egoism, such as ethical egoism and rational egoism.

Approaches such as ethical egoism, moral relativism, moral skepticism, and moral nihilism are also considered.