Define
DEFINE Altruism:
1. unselfish concern for the needs or interests of others, providing gratification vicariously or from their responses
2. the view that the well-being of others should have as much importance for us as the well-being of ourselves. Some argue that altruism, even if it is desirable, is not possible, and that our ethics must be based on egoism.
3. A form of behaviour in which an individual risks lowering its fitness for the benefit of another
4. from Alter, other. A quality opposed to Egoism. Actions tending to do good to others, regardless of self.
5. Acting for the sake of other people's interests. There are two forms. Ethical altruism: people should act with other people's interests in mind, and learn this through experience. Psychological altruism: people are compelled to act with other people's interests in mind, because altruism is instinctive.
6. A behavior that costs the doer and benefits others
DEFINE Egoism:
1. acting in one's self-interest; generally referred to as selfishness. There are two forms. Ethical egoism: even though we can act in the interests of others, we should always act only in our own interests. Writer Ayn Rand promoted ethical egoism. Psychological egoism: that we cannot act in the interests of others, and anything that appears to be such is actually a selfish act, because we expect to personally benefit from it
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Mixture of the two happens Ethically speaking regardless of should or should not but Psychologically ones own self interest always comes into play in any action we can or will perform.
1. unselfish concern for the needs or interests of others, providing gratification vicariously or from their responses
2. the view that the well-being of others should have as much importance for us as the well-being of ourselves. Some argue that altruism, even if it is desirable, is not possible, and that our ethics must be based on egoism.
3. A form of behaviour in which an individual risks lowering its fitness for the benefit of another
4. from Alter, other. A quality opposed to Egoism. Actions tending to do good to others, regardless of self.
5. Acting for the sake of other people's interests. There are two forms. Ethical altruism: people should act with other people's interests in mind, and learn this through experience. Psychological altruism: people are compelled to act with other people's interests in mind, because altruism is instinctive.
6. A behavior that costs the doer and benefits others
DEFINE Egoism:
1. acting in one's self-interest; generally referred to as selfishness. There are two forms. Ethical egoism: even though we can act in the interests of others, we should always act only in our own interests. Writer Ayn Rand promoted ethical egoism. Psychological egoism: that we cannot act in the interests of others, and anything that appears to be such is actually a selfish act, because we expect to personally benefit from it
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Mixture of the two happens Ethically speaking regardless of should or should not but Psychologically ones own self interest always comes into play in any action we can or will perform.