EGOISTIC - 2 reference results
Egoism may refer to any of the following:
- psychological egoism, the doctrine that holds that individuals are always motivated by self-interest
- ethical egoism, the doctrine that holds that individuals ought to do what is in their self-interest
- rational egoism, the belief that it is rational to act in one's self-interest
- solipsism, (sometimes called egoism), the belief that only one's self exists, or that only the experiences of one's self can be verified
- egotism, an excessive or exaggerated sense of self-importance: common spelling mistake, and misapprehension that it is egoism.
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See also
- Altruism, "otherism", the opposite of egoism
- Selfishness
- Individualism, a focus on the individual as opposed to society
- Individualist anarchism - anarchism that exalts the supremacy of the individual
- Machiavellianism, a tendency to deceive and manipulate others for personal gain
- Objectivism (Ayn Rand), a philosophical system based on the writings of novelist Ayn Rand that advocates egoism
- Post-egoism, a philosophy aiming beyond egoism
- Suitheism - Belief in self as a deity
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