Psychological Egoist Theory

Psychological Egoist theory explains human actions, like self sacrifice, are motivated by self interest rather than by altruistic theory, in which people do good deeds as an act of kindness. It doesn’t mean people act on self-interest alone, but the motivation behind it doesn’t come from altruistic at all. I found their explanation very compelling, unless it’s proven otherwise I must agree. Of course, agreeing makes me lose hope in human actions, but their explanation makes sense. For example, last week I shared a story on the discussion board reply about an older lady who was buying a crib I was selling. She told me it was for a young girl pregnant with twins and how she can only afford a crib. She shared with me for several minutes about how the young girl was going through a difficult time trying to get her life together. …show more content…
In my mind, I didn’t even think about myself, I simply wanted to help. Of course my intention was good; I didn’t expect anything in return. However, after reading about Psychological Egoist, I back tracked to see if this could be possible. I came to the conclusion I didn’t want to let an opportunity go by where I could have helped someone who had a trouble beginning like me. So if I would have let her go, I would of felt bad that I didn’t do anything and I would have to live with the regret for some time. So as the theory states my interest of not wanting to feel bad came as a motivation to