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

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