![]() ![]() Psychological egoism: doctrine that each human being DOES seek what is good for them: you don't need to be persuaded that something is good for you, you automatically do it. (if its healthy for you, you ought to eat it) - is possible to go against this self-interest though. > Hobbes calls this a 'Commonwealth' Whats ethical and psychological egoism? Ethical egoism: doctrine that says a person OUGHT to seek whats good for himself. Whats the difference between a subjective good and a conventional good? Subjective good: good because someone thinks it isĬonventional good: because a ruler (e.g.: parliament, king), who everyone agrees to obey, decrees that it is. What seems good (or bad) to you is good (or bad) for you and same goes for me SO good and bad are relative to an individuals appetites and aversions. Whats another name for this? An apparent good is whatever someone desiresĪn apparent bad is whatever someone desires. ![]() SO this makes good and bad relative to an individuals what? (hint: types of endeavours) What makes something an 'apparent' good or bad? Gods not involved in determining whats good and bad. 'there is nothing good or evil in the nature of an object'. (and is god involved) He thinks there is no absolute standard of good and evil independent of human appetites and desires. ![]() What does Hobbes think about the standard of 'good' and 'evil'? ![]()
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