Psychological egoism

Case 7: Gillian and Insider Trading Who has moral responsibility for deciding what to do? In this case we are introduced to Gillian Lee, the Senior Administrative Assistant to the VP of Operations at Global Potash Enterprises (GPE). Gillian is faced with the ethical dilemma of whether or not to use insider information about GPE to her advantage. Gillian had recently seen a preliminary geographical report on her boss Jerry Adams’ desk, detailing the minimal amount of minable potash in GPE’s…

Ethical egoism and utilitarianism both find their idea of morality in the same way. Both use the outcomes of their actions as the basis of what is morally correct. However they aren’t exactly the same, in the way they find their principles as to what the outcome should be. Ethical egoists want what is best for number one, themselves. Utilitarians want the greatest good for all people. Ethical egoism makes less sense than utilitarianism as a conduct for life practices. John needs money to buy…

The ethical dilemma was between the family of the Kids for Riches and Judge Ciavarella. Judge Ciavarella create a program in 2009, which he was to house juvenile delinquents and accepted and two-million-dollar finder’s fee to do so. Families accused Judge Ciavarella was happy to tear families apart for exchange for a payoff. Judge Ciavarella sentenced around 3,000 children. If, Ciavarella was to attempt to do the ethics of care then he would not have put himself and his greed before the…

have a duty to protect and serve. We as Americans tend hold law enforcement personnel higher standard because we hope they have the moral virtue to do what is right and lead by example to make a unit run efficiently. However, when a leader is a psychological egoist with a utilitarian view, many times he/she tips the scales of right and wrong in order to give their subordinates what they desire to make them happy, content and submissive. Even if this means allowing the subordinates are not…

Ethical Egoism and Self-Reliance Argument Ethics, Fall 2015 Meghan Higley My aim in this paper is to argue that the self-reliance objection does not show that Ethical Egoism is false. I will argue that Ethical Egoism never tells us to mind our own business and keep to ourselves. Ethical Egoism says that human beings always should morally do whatever will benefit themselves the most. The Self-Reliance argument says that the most effective way of making everyone better off is for each person to…

The War between the Egotist and the Altruist “But I don’t think of you.” In a conversation between the egotist and the altruist of The Fountainhead, the altruist has defeated the egotist in a battle and asks the egotist for an opinion of the altruist. The egotist replies that he does not think of the altruist, causing the altruist to realize that the war is still continuing. The egotist struggles against the altruist in a society where corruption and vulnerability exists. The egotist does not…

We ran Walmart’s CSR through the following seven ethical test; Friedman Theory, Utilitarian Theory, Stakeholder Theory, Ethical Egoism, Categorical Imperative, Entine and Jennings and Conscious Capitalism. The Milton Freidman theory is that a business has only one social responsibility, and that was to increase profits without breaking laws or being deceptive. Walmart 's Global Report appears to be beneficial to society as a whole by proclaiming dedication to sustainability, community, employees…

that O’Connor and plaintiffs were correct to battle against Uber and its allegations. The legal evidence proved Uber’s claims that its drivers being private contractors was an invalid statement. Also, ethical theories such as Kantianism and Ethical Egoism provided further evidence that O’Connor and plaintiffs’ were philosophically correct. Hopefully, this case will set an example for corporations or companies that treat their employees as means to an end and never a means to an…

Ethical egoism is a moral theory focused on improving a person’s well-being. There are many arguments for ethical egoism such as the self reliance argument and the best argument for ethical egoism, both presented by Shafer-Landau in The Fundamentals of Ethics. However, in this paper I will discuss how objections presented by Shafer-Landau and Dr. Thomas Carson are fatal to ethical egoism, while keeping in mind arguments for ethical egoism. I will discuss objections such as ethical egoism…

Anthem by Ayn Rand is a short novel about a young man in an extremely collectivist society. This young man is born with unique qualities that separate him from the majority. Eventually, the young man is forced to escape the city. He goes on to learn what it means to be an individual, and he vows to bring down the broken society. Ayn Rand’s objectivist belief system is based on ideals that are opposite of the city found in Anthem. Objectivism puts individual goals ahead of a group, and it focuses…