Ethics 3
“No one can tell me what is right and wrong”
means that no one can compel another to accept such value judgement if she herself does not concur with it.
SUBJECTIVISM
The subject is the one who is confronted with the situation and is burdened to make a decision or judgment.
SUBJECTIVISM
Recognition that the individual thinking person is at the heart of all moral valuations.
SUBJECTIVISM
am entitled to my own opinion.”
Each person has the right to believe what she believes and has the right to express this.
SUBJECTIVISM
It points out that there is already an underlying basis for how one acts. The ego or self has its desires and interests and all our actions are geared toward satisfying these interests.
PSYCHOLOGICAL EGOISM.
motivated by self-serving desire.
PSYCHOLOGICAL EGOISM
A descriptive theory that describes the underlying dynamic behind all human actions.
PSYCHOLOGICAL EGOISM
Human beings are naturally self-centered, so all our actions are always already motivated by self-interest.”
PSYCHOLOGICAL EGOISM
We may act in a way that is beneficial to others but we should do that only if it ultimately benefit us.
ETHICAL EGOISM
It prescribes that we should make our own ends, own interests as the single overriding concern.
ETHICAL EGOISM