Ethical Egoism In Brian Medlin's The Moral Life

It has been said that people act and do for whatever reason, but for who, why, what. In philosophy there are quite a few types of egoism. There is psychological egoism, which means people make choices based on their own interest. Though in some self interest it could even be in what seem to be acts of altruism. Which claims that when people choose to help others, they do so because of the personal benefits that they themselves expect to obtain, directly or indirectly, from doing so. Ethical Egoism, the theory that a person should follow their own interest above all the rest. It’s the idea that every person should act from their own self interest in relation to morality. Within ethical egoism there are many different types of it: Personal ethical

He also claims that it would also be like advocating people to do inconsistent things. Medlin’s argument states, “Moral principles must be universal and categorical,” this kind of basically saying that we as individuals want different things and we all seek those different outcomes. Egoism is not universalizable and all moral principles should be universalizable. There is no principle that is to determine the “right” outcome of a conflict, other than that it is a conflict in the situation. It is said that true morality must provide a solution that everyone agrees with. Throughout this section, it argues more about egoism. It talks about how a moral theory must be able to be shared and relevant to everyone, every single person in the world. An egoist who shares their moral principles with others, then fewer people would trust that

Most villains in the movies are egoistic maniac/sociopaths. For example, in “The Joker’s “Prisoner’s Dilemma” in The Dark Knight” Joker always takes it to the next level. The Joker intends to prove to all that his view on human nature (psychological egoism) is true. In this scene there are two boats with lots of people on it. He believes that either of one or both of the boats will try to blow up the other one in order to save their own lives, though all according to Joker’s rules. But the people refuse to cooperate, apparently proving that humans are not entirely egoistic. The later throughout the film, the Joker portrays the egoist view as he repeatedly takes advantages of his enemies’ egoism. But in the end, Batman as always saves the day just in time. By doing so he demonstrates that altruism is real by taking the hurt and fall for a politician he doesn’t care for and for the good of the people of Gotham City.

Another theory example of ethical egoism is “Pirates of the Caribbean” this movie shows a lot of different sides of ethical egoism. In the beginning ish, Captain Jack Sparrow or in this case “Mr. Smith” is telling the guards that he commandeers a crew and ship for his own purpose to do as he pleases later. Another is when Ms. Swann and Captain Jack are stranded on an island and Ms. Swann destroys all provisions just to bring forth rescue for herself. These two scenes