The first and most obvious objection to psychological egoism is that there are lots of clear examples of people behaving altruistically or selflessly, putting the interests of others before their own. The examples just given illustrate this idea. But as already noted, the psychological egoists think...
I go on to show how PA can be argued for in ways which exactly mirror the arguments for an opposing view, Psychological Egoism. This shows that the case for PA is at least as plausible as PE. Since the case for PA is not plausible, neither is that for PE....
How does the noble man betray himself, how is he recognized under this heavy overcast sky of the commencing plebeianism, by which everything is rendered opaque and leaden?—It is not his actions which establish his claim—actions are always ambiguous, always inscrutable; neither is it his "wo...
My claim is that an adult writer knows hardly more about what it is like to be a child than what it is like to be a bat. This is because of the cognitive gap between adult and child; a gap that memory cannot bridge. I realise this is a provocative statement for anyone sympathetic ...
If you live in Miami and the Heat have just won the NBA championship, Lebron James and his teammates may legitimately claim to be the best team in basketball, but if you believe that the Heat victory somehow elevates your own worthwhileness just because you are a Miami fan, you have an...
on behalf of the liberal claim that international institutions can transform state identities and interests..‘* In contrast to the “leconomic” theorizing that dominates mainstream systemic international relations scholarship, this involves a “sociological social psychological” form of systemic theory in...