Egoism - Topics

Is there such a thing as a truly selfless act? Is everyone selfish or is that just what cynical people say? Psychological egoism claims every act is self-interested: how do you disprove it? Does egoism make friendship impossible since you only use people? Rational egoism vs psychological egoism: ought versus is Can ethical egoism give consistent advice when interests conflict? Hobbes on self-interest as the foundation of morality and social order The strongest objection to ethical egoism is that it cannot be universalized Max Stirner's union of egoists explained without the caricature Is egoism compatible with genuinely caring about the welfare of others? What distinguishes ethical egoism from psychological egoism? Nietzsche and Stirner on egoism compared Ayn Rand's argument that selfishness is a virtue and why philosophers pushed back The problem of the egoist's secret: why universal egoism seems self-defeating Ayn Rand's ethical egoism and why philosophers still argue about it The paradox of hedonism: pursuing your own pleasure destroys it Ethical egoism says you should maximize your own good: why is that so hard to live by? Objections that egoism cannot account for friendship or love The difference between selfishness as description and selfishness as prescription Max Stirner and the egoist who rejects every moral authority If psychological egoism is true then nobody deserves praise or blame Does ethical egoism ever require acting against your own long-term interest? Stirner's egoist anarchism and why Marx spent so much of The German Ideology attacking it How rational egoism in Rand's novels differs from the philosophical doctrine Adam Smith on self-interest and the invisible hand Hobbes on why cooperation needs a sovereign: egoism as political theory The difference between egoism and selfishness that people keep mixing up