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diff --git a/mindmap/egoism.org b/mindmap/egoism.org new file mode 100644 index 0000000..fb16307 --- /dev/null +++ b/mindmap/egoism.org @@ -0,0 +1,28 @@ +:PROPERTIES: +:ID: 326eb3f8-680a-432c-bf69-42ba4d366116 +:END: +#+title: egoism +#+author: Preston Pan +#+html_head: <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../style.css" /> +#+html_head: <script src="https://polyfill.io/v3/polyfill.min.js?features=es6"></script> +#+html_head: <script id="MathJax-script" async src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/mathjax@3/es5/tex-mml-chtml.js"></script> +#+options: broken-links:t +* Introduction +Egoism, broadly defined, is the philosophical view that one should maximize for their own utility function, or well-being, +or self-satisfaction, etc..., whatever you want to call it. The general statement is that there is some value one would +want to maximize for themselves. This philosophical view is a metaethical view in general but can be applied descriptively. +* Descriptively +In economics, homo-econimus is a kind of idealized economic agent that maximizes for their own economic value. Descriptive +egoism is in a sense the statement that people tend to maximize for some utility function. In a sense, there are many games +that people can play, and economics is just one of them; there's homo-politicus, homo-vitamus, and many other games that +agents try to play. Descriptive egoism is the descriptive formulation of a utility function that people have in-built, +and a statement that people tend to play according to said utility functions with generalized rational expectations. +* Perscriptively +The perscriptive egoism is a meta-ethical framework that simply asserts that one should act in their own self interest. +Self interest is a loosely defined term that is subjective to the individual. +* Critisisms +Often many will point out the fact that it is a circular system, that it has no descriptive power because one can formulate +anything in terms of an egoist outlook. Therefore, while one can accept or deny the validity of egoism, the [[id:6d8c8bcc-58b0-4267-8035-81b3bf753505][framework]] of +egoism has weak axioms and it is therefore possible to formulate many sub-philosophies that are compatible with egoism. +(Meta-comment: I would describe myself as someone that formulates sub-philosophies inscribed within the egoist framework, +and I would myself describe my own views in an egoist manner). |