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Egoism

Egoism is a philosophy concerned with the role of the self, or ego, as the motivation and goal of one's own action. Different theories of egoism encompass a range of disparate ideas and can generally be categorized into descriptive or normative forms. That is, they may be interested in either describing that people do act in self-interest or prescribing…

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Relation to nihilism

Political egoism

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related to Other theoreticians · 19
Egoism → American, Arthur Desmond, Benjamin Tucker, British-German, Crowley, Do, Henry Mackay, Ivanovich Pisarev, John, Mandeville, Nietzsche, Nikolai Gavrilovich Chernyshevskii, Ragnar Redbeard, Rand, Russian, Stirner, Thomas Hobbes, Walker, Welsh
related to Revolutionary politics · 16
Egoism → Armand, Benjamin Tucker, Dmitry Pisarev, Egoist, Han Ryner Gérard, John Henry Mackay, Lacaze-Duthiers, Lev Chernyi, Max Stirner, Miguel Giménez Igualada, Nikolai Gavrilovich Chernyshevskii, Philosophical, Renzo Novatore, Russia, Though, Tsar Alexander II
related to Relation to nihilism · 15
Egoism → Dmitry Pisarev, For, His, In, Likewise, Max Stirner's, Nihilist, Nikolay Chernyshevsky, Philosophy, Russian, Stirner, Stirner's, The, The Stanford Encyclopedia, This
related to Normative theories · 14
Egoism → Contrary, Furthermore, John, Max Stirner, Max Stirner's Dialectical Egoism, New Interpretation, Normative, Philosophy, Stirner, Stirner's, The Stanford Encyclopedia, Theories, Welsh, Where
related to Nietzsche · 11
Egoism → Christian, Friedrich Nietzsche, Genealogy, He, In, Kantian, Morals, Nietzsche, On, The, This
related to Political egoism · 10
Egoism → Friedrich Nietzsche, In, Its Own, Max Stirner's, On, Philosophy, Since, The Ego, The Internet Encyclopedia, When
related to Relation to altruism · 9
Egoism → Auguste Comte, Comte, Comte's, Egoist, For Comte, French, In, Nietzsche, While Friedrich Nietzsche
related to Stirner · 7
Egoism → Ayn Rand, He, Power, Stirner, Stirner's, The, Unlike
related to Descriptive theories · 5
Egoism → Furthermore, In, Its, That, The
is a · 3
Egoism → consequentialist form of ethical egoism which holds that egoism is morally right if it leads to morally acceptable ends, philosophy concerned with the role of the self, position that all motivations are rooted in an ultimately self-serving psyche

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open individualism have implications for egoisminstance ofThis is a central topic within contemporary discourse of psychological egoism.Philosophies of personal identity0.80text
altruisminstance ofThis is a central topic within contemporary discourse of psychological egoism.Philosophies of personal identity0.80text
the teletransportation paradoxinstance ofSimilar arguments have been made by Derek Parfit in the book Reasons and Persons with ideas0.80text
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