egoism

Question 1

morality and human values, what is it?

Answer 1

for a moral value to be useful, it has to align with what we value, what motivates us, and what we are capable of doing.

Question 2

what is psychological egoism?

Answer 2

only being motivated by self interest. not everything we do will benefit us, but everything we do, we do with the aim that it will benefit us.

Question 3

what are challenges to egoism?

Answer 3

not knowing for sure what other people’s intentions or motives are.

Question 4

what is psychological altruism?

Answer 4

choosing to do things because it could possibly benefit another person.

Question 5

what is unfalsifiability and falsifiability?

Answer 5

falsifiability is a posited criterion for distinguishing scientific from unscientific claims.

Question 6

what is predominant egoism?

Answer 6

we truly altruistic in only a narrow few cases.

Question 7

what is ethical egoism?

Answer 7

stating that moral agents ought to act in such a way as to maximize their own self-interest.