Ethical Egoism Evaluation

Question 1

(weakness) if everyone _ helped themselves to what is not theirs we would all end up worse off

Answer 1

freely

Question 2

(weakness) A person giving up all their pleasantries and then living a life of hardships among the poor who in return, abused and despised them. That person could justifiably claim to be _. But psychological egoism would have us say that they are doing it because they are satisfied by being dissatisfied which is illogical

Answer 2

dissatisfied

Question 3

(Weakness )Tony Stuart states that since the Holocaust had no discernible effect on him, the moral rightness or wrongness of the killing of millions of Jews is _. Similarly, morality only came into being once he was born and will disappear when he dies. This can be viewed as a morally abhorrent view

Answer 3

morally irrelevant

Question 4

(weakness) it makes _ to the egoist whether their actions resulted in all life on Earth ending in 100 years time, this can be viewed as a morally abhorrent view. (posterity argument)

Answer 4

no difference

Question 5

(weakness )the friendship argumentstates a deep friendship would bring great satisfaction so an egoist should make friends. But a deep friendship requires both parties to suspend or sacrifice their _ from time to time. Therefore, friendships are not possible as you cannot give up egoism to achieve egoism.

Answer 5

self-interest

Question 6

(weakness) to ask that we acknowledge eachothers in a union of egoist as _ is to introduce a rule/duty, which is what Stirner sought to avoid

Answer 6

individuals

Question 7

(weakness) if we remove the rule to respect eachother we are left in an _ society with no obligations of respect

Answer 7

anarchaic

Question 8

(weakness) Ethical egoism’s encouragement of self interest leads to other individuals _, people in poverty will be left with no help

Answer 8

suffering

Question 9

(weakness) ethical egoism, can lead to extremism and prejudice. This can destroy _

Answer 9

freedom and the environment

Question 10

(weakness) Egoism is a form of _, it is hard to see how protection of minorities or the environment could be formulated if everyone focused on themselves

Answer 10

bigotry

Question 11

(weakness) psychological egoism states this is what we _ do anyway, what’s the point of it being an ethical theory?

Answer 11

naturally

Question 12

(weakness) according to egoism, someone helping us should be seen as _ which is illogical (helpful argument)

Answer 12

immoral

Question 13

(strength) Egoism gives permission to put your own _ first and flourish, compassion can be seen as crippling in making moral decisions

Answer 13

needs

Question 14

(weakness) Stirner is incoherent, if we live under the _ we are acting egoistically, it makes 0 sense to say we “just need to recognise we are unique” because we might think we’re doing this but won’t be because we’re slaves to something else we’re not aware of

Answer 14

illusion

Question 15

(weakness) the union of egoists is incredibly idealistic, to function as a society we need boundaries, in a union of egoists my ego will eventually conflict with anothers ego. This will either lead to _, which is not what the egoist desires.

Answer 15

dissatisfaction or compromise

Question 16

(weakness) it will eventually lead to the destruction of _, homeless charities will close because they are seen as immoral

Answer 16

community ethos

Question 17

(strength) Supports our natural _ state

Answer 17

psychological

Question 18

(strength) encourages long term _

Answer 18

goals

Question 19

(strength) rejects _ as it is the working of the capitalist market, which is a form of authority

Answer 19

material gain