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| is the doctrine that each person out to peruse his or her own interests exclusively |
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| one should promote his/her own self interests in addition to the interests of others |
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| problem with common sense idea |
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| it accounts for ones obligations only |
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| the first objection to altruism (SELF DEFEATING ARGUMENT) |
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| in each save of A,B, and C the policy of 'looking out for others' is self defeating |
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| promoting the interests of others ultimately |
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| promotes the interests of others ultimately and exclusively |
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| first objection the the SELF DEFEATING ARGUMENT |
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a policy of altruism is self defeating
A, B, and C show that the policy of altruism is self defeating and has bad consequences
THEREFORE, we should reject altruism (we are left with ethical egoism) |
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| Anne rands objection to altruism |
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| altruism leads to a denial of the value of the individual, it says to a person that your life is merely something to be sacrificed |
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| what is the meaning of sacrificing ones life |
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| abandoning ones projects and goals |
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| authors point agains rands objection to altruism |
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| you aren't taking in to account the value of the life of the person who is being helped when you go against altruism |
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p- we must choose between extreme altruism and egoism
p- Extreme altruism calls for the sacrifice of our loves and tells us our lives are worthless
THEREFORE- extreme altruism is rejected and we accept egoism |
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| the refutation of rands choice argument |
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| even if we should reject extreme altruism it does not follow we should accept the often extreme ethical egoism, there is a common ground; common sense altruism |
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| promoting the interests of others ultimately when you can do so without sacrifice |
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| 1st objection to the self defeating argument |
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| not all altruistic acts have A, B and C and a consequences |
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| 2nd objection to the self defeating argument |
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if you adopt egoism is won't have the bad consequences (A, B, and C) since you wont have these consequences egoism will help. but according to egoism making people better off isn't a concern since egoism says we should only care about our selves
THEREFORE- an egoist can't give this argument and the self defeating argument can't be given by egoists at all since its not an egoist view.. its not even giants altruism |
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| 3 BAD consequences of Altruism |
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A) Bungling- we understand our own needs and others subjectively. we do more harm than good this way
B) Butting in- when we are trying to help other people we are invading peoples privacy
C) Depriving people of their self respect- when making someone the object of charity you take away their dignity, self respect and self reliance. |
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