This weeks topics are ethical subjectivism and ethical egoism.
The Question of the Week concerns self-interest, especially as construed by ethical egoism. I don’t know about you, but I find the issues surrounding self-interest to be fascinating. In life and in philosophy I find I am often wondering about the relation between self-interest and benevolence. Of course, Rachels concludes, as most philosophers have, that Ethical Egoism is an unacceptable moral theory. And indeed it is.
Write your personal viewpoint to the following question and incorporate Ayn Rand viewpoint:
To what extent can a thoroughly self-interested person, a person who faithfully follows Ethical Egoism, be a good person?
By good person I mean what commonsense morality would typically call a morally good or virtuous person.
You may get some additional inspiration by checking out an appearance Ayn Rand made on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson in 1967.
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