The Egoistic Attitude vs Utilitarianism

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A comparison and contrast of the egoistic attitude with utilitarianism in this paper is revealing of the complexity of both approaches to ethical action, in that each is best considered a rubric or a category comprising a number of subsidiary positions. Thus for example ethical egoism has been cited as covering diverse approaches ranging from individual ethical egoism to universal ethical egoism. In this analysis, the paper shows that in order to present compare and contrast egoism and utilitarianism it is necessary to recognize both the complexity of each approach objections to each and the points at which the two approaches seem to overlap.

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