Human Nature and Egoism

Operative Principle of Human Nature

Ought implies can

Psychological Egoism

The view that people are so constituted by their nature that they always pursue self interest.

Supporters of Psychological Egoism

Thomas Hobbes, Nietzsche, B. F. Skinner, Sigmund Freud, Edward O. Wilson

Unfalsifiable Hypothesis

Some propositions will insist that no imperial test can establish them false

Altruism

Genuinely disinterested acts of benevolence

Ethical Egoism

Holds that one ought to pursue self interest as an end to itself

Normative

Tells us what we should or shouldn’t do

Did not accept psychological egoism

Any Rand

Effective Altruism Movement

Seeks to tackle global problems such as poverty and disease in the most efficient way