A Comprehensive Annotated Bibliography on Ethical Egoism and Altruism

This annotated bibliography provides concise summaries of four key articles and book chapters related to ethical egoism. Dahlbeck (2017) explores ethical egoism in education, emphasizing its impact on teacher behavior and student outcomes. Norman (2015) examines ethical egoism as a normative ethical position, contrasting it with altruism and discussing its role in societal happiness. Slote (2020) delves into the psychological aspects of egoism, discussing the interplay between self-esteem, love, and intrinsic values. Ivlampie (2017) analyzes ethical egoism as a failure of moral theories, differentiating between psychological and normative perspectives. These sources offer diverse viewpoints on the nature of self-interest, its relationship to morality, and its implications across various domains. The bibliography is a valuable resource for understanding the complexities of ethical egoism and its philosophical underpinnings.

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Dahlbeck, J. (2017). The egoistic teacher: educational implications of Spinoza’s ethical egoism.
Ethics and Education, 12(3), 304-319.
The article suggests the ethical egoism in the education context which aims to describe the
ethical perception of the teacher which has an effect on the productive outcome. Egoisms is
treated as the psychological drive into the daily life which has an impact on the teaching
outcome. This also examines that people do things for self-interests and cannot be disregarded as
the for necessarily showing a factor in all human affairs (Dahlbeck, 2017). Also, ethical account
of the education depends upon the self-seeking behavior which is the crucial part of the
benevolence. Also, the author describes that Spinoza offers the ongoing understanding of self-
interests which can affect the virtues as it combines the psychological egoism which explains the
psychological egoism which makes the person more focused on the self-interests and is highly
motivated to take the actions for own interest which is different from the altruistic motives.
Norman, T. (2015). To Be or Not to Be Selfish: Ethical Egoism and Altruism.
The article determines the philosophical arguments which supports the moral values According
to this ethical egoism is examined as the normative ethical position which the moral agents ought
to pursue for the self-interests. This is different from the altruism which demonstrates the
practice concern for the unselfishness which precisely makes the devotion for others (Norman,
2015). The key objective of the article is to determine the society which is an intermediate state
which gives the account of the nature of the happiness and determine its importance in the
human life. Thus, the only way for practicing the virtues is the excellence and the ethical egoism.
This is described as different from the psychological egoism that only exists for the self-interest
and is not particularly related with the morally right but actions are for own wellbeing which
certainly relates the things with perceiving the self-interests.
Slote, M. (2020). The Impossibility of Egoism. In Between Psychology and Philosophy (pp. 115-
134). Palgrave Macmillan, Cham.

The author in this, has determined that psychologists have examined that the morality does not
considered bolstered. Further, the psychological is regarded as the desire for the self-esteem and
the love which makes the intrinsic values to the people. There are differences in the
psychological egoism and ethical egoism but both of the factors consider the self-interested
behavior (Slote, 2020). Moreover, there are philosophical perspectives for the psychological
egoism. Here, the term altruism is also explained which perceives the self-duty to help others in
which actions are based conscientiously which allows for the egoistic or ulterior motive which
can be done on behalf of the other people. Psychological egoism accounts for the motivation for
taking actions for own which also requires the denying to the values and can create the likelihood
of the egoism motives which also undergoes the thesis of the psychological egoism.
Ivlampie, V. (2017). Ethical Egoism, a Failure of Moral Theories. In Rethinking Social Action.
Core Values in Practice (pp. 375-384). Editura Lumen, Asociatia Lumen.
The article mainly describes about selfishness as a part of human conduct. It is related with the
analyzation of psychological trait and also as a moral conduct. The two perspectives are defined
in the research which is psychological and normative. The theory under the first perspective
explains that the individual is motivated by self-interests only. Further, it suggests that people
will act for self-interest even if masked by good intensions (Ivlampie, 2017). If the psychological
egoism becomes soft, then it gives rise to altruistic behavior which depends upon the will of the
agent who is acting for the self-interests. Second perspective is normative selfishness which
describes that the agent considers himself/herself as the most important entity. This is break is
two theories which is rational egoism and ethical egoism. Rational egoism has a justified
personal interest while ethical egoism is related with assertion of self-interests which has a
consistent morality which is regarded as natural obligations of human beings.

Bibliography
Dahlbeck, J. (2017). The egoistic teacher: educational implications of Spinoza’s ethical egoism.
Ethics and Education, 12(3), 304-319.
Ivlampie, V. (2017). Ethical Egoism, a Failure of Moral Theories. In Rethinking Social Action.
Core Values in Practice (pp. 375-384). Editura Lumen, Asociatia Lumen.
Norman, T. (2015). To Be or Not To Be Selfish: Ethical Egoism and Altruism.
Slote, M. (2020). The Impossibility of Egoism. In Between Psychology and Philosophy (pp. 115-
134). Palgrave Macmillan, Cham.