• Source: Rule egoism

Rule egoism is the doctrine under which an individual evaluates the optimal set of rules according to whether conformity to those rules bring the most benefit to himself. An action, therefore, is right if it promotes his welfare at least as well as any alternative rule available to him. It is associated with foundational egoism, which maintains that normative factors must be grounded in consideration of the agent's well-being - something that rule egoism does but in a way that avoids factoral egoism.




Development


Although it is claimed that Thomas Hobbes is a rule-egoist, the term "rule egoism" was first coined by Richard Brandt in his work "Rationality, Egoism, and Morality, where it was briefly mentioned.




See also


Enlightened self-interest
Ethical egoism
Psychological egoism
Rational egoism
Rule utilitarianism
Virtue ethics




References

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• Sosialisme demokratis
• Rule egoism
• Egoism
• Psychological egoism
• Rule utilitarianism
• Consequentialism
• Political philosophy
• Index of ethics articles
• Erhard Seminars Training
• Non-aggression principle
• Index of philosophy articles (R–Z)