According to individual ethical egoism one should
  • False
  • True
  • Do what is in one's self interest
  • A ring that can make the wearer invisible.
In the story questioning Lincoln's ability to be selfless, Lincoln
  • Rescued a pig
  • A ring that can make the wearer invisible.
  • Even "good" people will do evil if they can act without consequence.
  • False
All of the following are used to evaluate ethical egoism except
  • Even "good" people will do evil if they can act without consequence.
  • A ring that can make the wearer invisible.
  • Rescued a pig
  • Effectiveness in satisfying individual interest.
For psychological egoism to be valid, we must show people
  • Act with an aim of achieving self-satisfaction.
  • False
  • True
  • Do what is in one's self interest
Ayn Rand held a negative view of altruism
  • True
  • False
To say that something is a normative theory is to say that it tells us what we ought to do.
  • True
  • False
What does Glaucon want to demonstrate by giving two people rings?
  • Effectiveness in satisfying individual interest.
  • Rescued a pig
  • A ring that can make the wearer invisible.
  • Even "good" people will do evil if they can act without consequence.
The counsels in Benjamin Franklin's "Poor Richard's Almanac" were examples of how practicing certain virtues was in a person's own best interest.
  • True
  • False
One form of psychological egoism asserts that we always try to do what we think is in our best interest.
  • True
  • False
Psychological egoism is a descriptive theory and ethical egoism is a normative theory.
  • True
  • False
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