4.1 Ethical Egoism: Is Morality all about Self-Interest? (Ayn Rand and More)

This is the next video in the Mysterious Morality Series/Course in Ethics. I briefly present ethical egoism, which is the idea that morality is all about self-interest. I then offer some textbook criticisms. 0: Introduction & Definitions https://www.seevid.ir/fa/w/DIpYPtEnrbc Problem 1 (Contradicts your core moral beliefs) https://www.seevid.ir/fa/w/DIpYPtEnrbc Problem 2 (Posterity) https://www.seevid.ir/fa/w/DIpYPtEnrbc Problem 3 (Equivocation on Self) https://www.seevid.ir/fa/w/DIpYPtEnrbc Problem 4 (Buddhist No Self) https://www.seevid.ir/fa/w/DIpYPtEnrbc Problem 5 (True Love) https://www.seevid.ir/fa/w/DIpYPtEnrbc Problem 6 (Arbitrary/Deepest) https://www.seevid.ir/fa/w/DIpYPtEnrbc Conclusion (& a subtle issue https://www.seevid.ir/fa/w/DIpYPtEnrbc) Photo of Ayn Rand: Julius Jääskeläinen https://www.flickr.com/photos/juliusjaa/46301477574 I have a longer discussion of ethical egoism in another video. The main problem that arises in these discussions is the equivocation fallacy in which we inflate the meaning of self or "self interest" and the shifting between p egoism and e egoism. These discussions touch on everything...

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