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Ethical Egoism: Acts
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The automobile and oil and gas industries, in the USA, are another example of how the good of the many outweighs the claims of the few, and nullifies ethical egoism. These industries made enormous profits, while retarding research into more efficient technology and forms of public transport. Faced with stubborn voter resolve to correct the sins of these industries, lawmakers acted (sic) to ensure use of more efficient technology that encouraged use of public transport. Cynically, it’s only when the ethical egoism of USA car makers met the more altruistic perspective of Japanese car markers did the widespread benefits of technology go into fullest use.
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The alternative the author presents against liberalism in chapter 5 is what he calls `ethical egoism'. In making his claim for egoism, he distinguishes an objective definition, and a more comprising subjective definition. Self-esteem should be a `determining factor' in the right way to live and `one ought always to think and act as required by the goodness his life has for him.
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[E]thical egoism seems just as wrong as psychological egoism. That still does not answer the question of why anyone should try to be ethical or moral. This is actually a very hard question to answer, but here are some possible responses:
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