egoism

egoism

Egoism

The seeking of welfare to oneself only. Selfishness. Talking too much about oneself. The pursuit of individual self-interest. Conceit. All of these definitions describe one philosophical word. Egoism.
To be selfish is quite human. It is also quite necessary for one's own survival, and it is quite false that it is a necessary fact of nature, though many who are greedy and selfish like to pretend or believe it is. People who believe themselves to be realists tend to believe that "all men are egoists", and tend to argue this on the basis that no one can feel another person's feelings or have another person's interests. But I believe that one can’t help not to be egoistic, since one always act on one’s interest, feelings, and needs.
But this is a fallacy. It may be assumed that most men are mostly egoistic most of the time, and it is true that no men can feel another's feelings or have another's interests.
There are two types of egoism, Psychological Egoism, and Normative Egoism. Psychological egoism describes human nature as wholly self-centered and self-motivated. Normative egoism describes that the acts required for continued self-preservation, including the enjoyments of benefits achieved by such arts, are the first requisites to universal welfare. Normative egoism does not attempt to describe human nature directly, but asserts how people ought to behave.
According to The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, that in philosophy, egoism is the theory that one’s self is, or should be, the motivation and the goal of one’s own action. Egoism has two variants, descriptive or normative. The descriptive (or positive) variant conceives egoism as a factual description of human affairs. That is, people are motivated by their own interests and desires, and they cannot be described otherwise. The normative variant proposes that people should be so motivated, regardless of what presently motivates their behavior. The term “egoism” derives from...