What's on my mind?

This theory is also a cognitive theory. While Cultural Relativism and Ethical Subjectivism are both subjective and lacks rational evaluation, the Ethical Egoism is objective.

objective presupposition is reason as common good.

In order to avoid confusion let me define some keywords:

egotist - selfish person, thinks of himself, can tolerate of one apprentice or servant
egoist - looking for best self interest, calculative, willful, serving others can reach to an ultimate goal.

Most of us are egoist. Egoist people will always find pleasure and happiness for the self. Everything that is best for the self. Egoist people help others as long as by helping them makes the egoist feel good.

However, the egotist is selfish and doesn't want to share that good to others. The egotist however can tolerate up to one apprentice.


altruism - doing good things to others
individualism - stand on one's own; independent from others

Ethical egoism encourages the development of self esteem.


critics of Ethical egoism

1. You can't disseminate goodness to everyone.
2. You limit your goodness to those persons who could reciprocate goodness also.
3. You will be frustrated if you don't get what you expected for.
4. In the movie "The island", the clients did not know the individual clone. They think that it came from their cell and so they have the right to their body. Thus they validate cloning.