Egoism

To go on reading and thinking about the topic for our  next meeting: selfishness/ selflessness! Saturday 14th

Egoism

The terms “egoism” and “egotism” may refer to:

• egotism, an excessive or exaggerated sense of self-importance
• ethical egoism, the doctrine that holds that individuals ought to do what is in their self-interest
• psychological egoism, the doctrine that holds that individuals are always motivated by self-interest
• rational egoism, the belief that it is rational to act in one’s self-interest
• solipsism, (sometimes called egoism), the belief that only one’s self exists, or that only the experiences of one’s self can be verified
• Egoist anarchism, a form of anarchism, as most often represented by Max Stirner