It's All About Me. (And that's ok.) A Defense of Psychological Egoism Introduction Long before I ventured into my first philosophy class, I often engaged in friendly, yet passionate debates with friends and colleagues, holding fast to my assertion that altruism simply does not exist. All actions, I argued, originate from some self-interest. Now, of course, I recognize this theory as psychological egoism. <Tab/>Perhaps, it could be argued, that my …showed first 75 words of 4665 total…

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