Rational egoism

2.1 The Rational Expectations Hypothesis The rational expectations hypothesis is the hypothesis that, when forming expectations about any variable, people will make optimal use of the available information. This information includes the actual value of certain variables and, more widely, the nature or structure of the world in which people are operating. Let the value a variable ‘y’ takes in period t depend upon, or be a function f (.) of, the value of other variables, x1, x2 and x3 have…

setting of wilderness as well as elaborate metaphors and other figurative language to explore the internal relationship, and sometimes struggle, one has between their instinctive and rational inner selves. Kinnell’s use of figurative language to represent natural phenomena in the poem blurs the line between primitive and rational to produce an introspective exploration of the human experience. Kinnel also highlights how man is both one with nature while also being apart from it. The poem takes a…

One, two, three, four, five, and the list goes on. I had a notebook in the third grade in which I would write numbers from one and beyond. Unfortunately that list was never finished; the fact that one could begin to write numbers from the day they were born to the day they would die and would not even be close to infinity is both scary and fascinating to me. This blew my eight year old mind. It sparked this passion in me to expand my knowledge of numbers, how they work and why they worked. Now…

Abraham Lincoln and a passenger were discussing psychological egoism. Abraham Lincoln took the position that all men act selfish, while the other passenger disagreed with him. Soon they come across a group of pigs who will drown without help. Therefore, Abraham Lincoln saves the pigs from drowning. When Abraham Lincoln…

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…

Working for a law enforcement agency whether you are a certified officers or a civilian supervisor. All personnel take an oath and 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…

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…

In the case of the trolley problem I would rely on ethical egoism to justify my decision to divert the train, thus saving the five and killing the one. Before I elaborate on my justification it would be wise to explain the major premises that ethical egoism (henceforth, just egoism) asserts. First, the only thing with inherent value according to egoism is self interest. Somewhat like hedonism, egoism demands a careful deliberation of value in any given situation where a moral choice is…

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…

For this curriculum study, I chose third grade mathematics as my unit of study. As far as my objectives go, I would want my students to walk away from this particular section of fractions with the understanding of what a fraction is, the difference between the components of a fraction such as the numerator and denominator, knowing how to identify how many parts of a whole are shaded in, and knowing how to simplify a fraction. As far as my instructional method, I created an original prezi, which…