Psychological and Ethical Egoism, Mill vs Kant, and Ethical Relativism

For example, if Jack tries to steal something for himself, it should be done because it is correct for him. The main argument about psychological self-interest is that people take action to satisfy the desires of others. For example, Jack is playing video games, and he asked that his mother asked her to help with cooking. He did this to meet his desires, not to satisfy his own desires; he sat down to do some mother who fulfilled his desires but chose to help him.

However, moral egoism refers to this phenomenon in a completely different way from psychological egoism. And psychological egoism is descriptive theory (people insist on acting in some way), moral self-interest is a normative theory (people insist that they should act in some way). People are not psychological egosists, they may become moral egoists. The problem with this argument is that it contradicts the central idea of ​​moral egoism and ultimately depends on the principle of mercy rather than the principle of true self-interest. In other words, it only supports moral self-interest as a strategy for pursuing other values ​​- clearly general welfare; it does not support moral self-interest as a fundamental principle of morality.

Moral egoism is a normative moral position that moral entities should do for their own benefit. It is different from the psychological egoism which claims that people can act only for their own interests. Moral self-interest is also different from reasonable self-interest Rational self-interest thinks that it is reasonable to act for your own benefit. Therefore, moral egoism thinks in this sense that the result can be regarded as moral that it will benefit the actor. Moral egoism is in contrast to moral altruism, and we believe that moral subjects are obliged to help others. Egisim and altruism are in contrast to moral utilitarianism, and moral actors respect themselves more than respect for others (also known as the subject) (by increasing the ego). Profit and "self") identity of others not permitted)

At first glance, the theory of moral egoism and psychological self-interest may seem to be very similar, but in reality it is important that their position to make normative or descriptive claims It differs greatly. Moral self-interest is a result-oriented moral theory, everyone seeks something just for their own benefit, and we think that we should propose normative claims in this way. Moseley (2006) says: "Promoting our own interests is always moral, promoting our own morals is never moral.