Egoism 19th Century History of Philosophy

e·go·ism Not to be confused with egotism, any system of ethics supporting the maxim that we ought to look out for number one is egoism. Now this isn't as bad as it sounds, especially when you consider the alternative: altruism, or as egoists call it, slavery. They would point out that whenever one does something he would prefer to do instead of working in the soup kitchen, one is being an egoist. Explore this counter-intutive system of morals by clicking on the sites in this category and, as egoists would agree, know thyself.

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• Ethical Theory; Ethics; Egoism - A summary of egoist resources and readings.
• Catholic Encyclopedia: Egoism - Synopsis and short refutation.
• Freedom Technology Resource Directory - Egoism & Individualism - Directory of links.
• The Memory Hole: Philosophical Egoism - Stirnerite egoist link resource.
• Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy | Egoism - Definition of egoism, spotlight on various schools.
• Friesian - The Fallacies of Egoism and Altruism - Exploratory essay on the dichotomy.
• The Virtue of Selfishness - Article on what Ayn Rand meant when she 19th century described egoism selfishness as a virtue.
• Lecture 4: Egoism - Outline of an academic lecture of egoistic systems.
• Stirner's Egoism - An introduction to Stirner\'s ideas in contrast to egoism religion.
• The Egoist Archive - An archive of Stirnerite egoism. Includes Max Stirner, 19th century Dora Marsden, Benjamin Tucker, James Walker, and Sid 19th century Parker.
• Wofford | Egoism - Article on the varieties of egoism.
• Egoist Webring - Sites of people who acknowledge egoism either philosophically history of philosophy or psychologically.
• Egoism/Altruism Test - A free egotism/altruism test scored on-line. Evaluates self-centeredness.

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