Egoism
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Egoism may refer to any of the following:

• psychological egoism, the doctrine that holds that individuals are always motivated by self-interest
• ethical egoism, the doctrine that holds that individuals ought to do what is in their self-interest
• rational egoism, the belief that it is rational to act in one's self-interest
• solipsism, (sometimes called egoism), the belief that only one's self exists, or that only the experiences of one's self can be verified
• egotism, an excessive or exaggerated sense of self-importance: common spelling mistake, and misapprehension that it is egoism^[1].

References

1. ^ AskOxford: Commonly Confused Words

See also

• Altruism, "otherism", the opposite of egoism
• Selfishness
• Individualism, a focus on the individual as opposed to society
• Individualist anarchism - anarchism that exalts the supremacy of the individual
• Machiavellianism, a tendency to deceive and manipulate others for personal gain
• Objectivism (Ayn Rand), a philosophical system based on the writings of novelist Ayn Rand that advocates egoism
• Post-egoism, a philosophy aiming beyond egoism
• Suitheism - Belief in self as a deity

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