Ethical egoism has been alleged as the basis for immorality. - TopicsExpress



          

Ethical egoism has been alleged as the basis for immorality. Thomas Jefferson writes in a 1814 letter to Thomas Law: Self-interest, or rather self-love, or egoism, has been more plausibly substituted as the basis of morality. But I consider our relations with others as constituting the boundaries of morality. With ourselves, we stand on the ground of identity, not of relation, which last, requiring two subjects, excludes self-love confined to a single one. To ourselves, in strict language, we can owe no duties, obligation requiring also two parties. Self-love, therefore, is no part of morality. Indeed, it is exactly its counterpart.[19]
Posted on: Thu, 27 Jun 2013 19:44:59 +0000

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