psychological hedonismJohn Clarke of Hull, one of the eighteenth century's staunchest proponents of psychological egoism, defended that theory in his Foundation of Morality in Theory and Practice. He did so mainly by opposing the objections to egoism in the first two editions of Francis Hutcheson'...
What was Socrates' argument against hedonism? What claim does hedonism make about intrinsic and instrumental values? What started egoism? What ancient Greek philosopher based his thinking on hedonism? What is hedonism theory? Who wrote The Theory of Egoism?
Nietzsche often appears, especially in his writings from the middle period, to endorse psychological egoism, namely the claim that all actions are motivated by, and are for the sake of, the agent’s own self-interest. I argue that Nietzsche’s position in Human, All Too Human (Cambridge: ...
Nietzsche often appears, especially in his writings from the middle period, to endorse psychological egoism, namely the claim that all actions are motivated by, and are for the sake of, the agent's own self-interest. I argue that Nietzsche's position in Human, All TooHuman (Cambridge: ...
The usual criticism is that the argument is unsound because psychological egoism is false.So even if the conclusion follows from the premises, we need not be committed to ethical egoism. But even if this defeats the argument, it would still be interesting to know if the conclusion really does...