Individualism

People, as a whole, obliviously distinguish themselves and others at a collective and individual level, and express, feel and embody a sense of national identity. Individual identity mostly depends on contemplating with social tools and acting in social ways, whether instinctively or not. One must understand that identity is a process, not an essence. It is continually being remade in consistent ways, through an internal-external logic involving a combination of internal self-definition and…

In a world filled with problems, disorders, chaos, and everything in between, our mental health is especially affected. Therapy is a great way to deal with these problems of everyday life. While there are different types of therapies to deal with an individual’s mental health issues, group therapy has shown to be very effective. While there are different types of groups, all group therapies have two things in common. They all possess therapeutic factors and go through a process within the group,…

The question of the relationship between privacy, security and individual freedom is one the oldest, and almost most continually controversial topics of contemporary discussion. Technology has now progressed to a such a degree whereby it is technically possible to gain access to almost all of a person 's personal information and to monitor almost their every move. The idea of national and personal security is often used as a justification for such monitoring as and when it occurs, even if such…

Wolff’s argument contains a number of premises and intermediate conclusions that sequentially lead to the overall conclusion or purpose of his argument. Wolff begins by stating some simple definitions and distinctions which lead into his first premise. He defines authority as the right to command, and correlatively, the right to be obeyed. He also defines the state as a group of persons who have and exercise supreme authority within a given territory. He explains that a de jure authority is one…

Every person has their own perspective of ethics. Each human being has their own set of moral rules, or beliefs, that guide them in their behavior. Though there are quite a few philosophical theories to which a person may rest their convictions, ethical egoism is among the ones most debated. In this paper, I will argue as to why ethical egoism is not a good philosophy to follow. Ethical egoism is the normative theory that it is always morally right to encourage a person's own good. A normative…

The psychological egoist feels that in everything humans do, they are motivated internally by self-interest. The argument made by the psychological egoist was that since the unselfish actions always produce self-satisfaction, these actions should then be considered selfish. Rachels’ reply to this argument questioned the reasoning behind the belief that is someone acts in a way that helps others, they are automatically selfish. He stated that it is the unselfish man who gets self-satisfaction…

Being fixated entirely on self interest can easily cloud an individual's ability to empathize. The opposite is also true in that constantly empathizing can allow an individual to neglect themselves and prevent them from bettering themselves. Both of these extremes have the potential to result in prejudicial behaviors. Nonetheless, when self interest and empathy are expressed with the appropriate level of restraint, the result has the capacity to be harmonious and the ability to maximize…

There is something deep within every individual that is of great value, but for many, it has gone to waste. This thing which is deep within an individual is a force, a force with the capability of changing anything and everything for the good. Those who never find it perhaps experience the greatest loss to mankind. This force is called self-determination. In the novella Anthem, Ayn Rand is able to depict a completely collectivist society which struggles to make any progressions through the eyes…

The perspective of exclusivist is that the region you believe in is the only right one and the other religions are wrong. Inclusivism is the belief that your religion is true but other religions have true parts too. Your religion has the truest part written or spoken. Pluralism is the belief that all religions are true despite the differences that they have. The three differ in that some belief in the “truth” and some don’t at all. Exclusivist believes that if you don’t believe in the religion…

Are We Only In It for Ourselves The ethical egoism theory is described by the book as, “...actions are morally right just because they best promote one’s self-interest.” (Landau, 2010, p. 105). This differs from the view that the psychological egoism is which says, “...Which tells us that there is only one thing that motivates human beings: self-interest.” (Landau, 2010, p. 89). Both ethical or psychological egoism talk about a person’s self-interest, however they differ because one is you are…