EGOISM

   The theory of egoism in philosophy posite that man by his nature is self interested or should be. Altruism is the
opposite of egoism. The term “egoism” derives from “ego,” the Latin term for “I” in English. Egoism should be distinguished from egotism , which means a psychological overvaluation of
one’s own importance, or of one’s own
activities.
    Can a man perform an action to satisfy the interest of others without thinking of his own self interest ? What are the effect of this behaviour on our contemporary society ? This are questions we shall be accessing.
    Hobbes once argued that if there was a universal truth he knew of 1 and that is the fact that man always act base on his self interest. He further supported this motion by giving an explanatory example in his popular book Leviathan, Hobbes maintains that, "No man giveth but with intention of good to himself; because gift is voluntary; and of all voluntary acts the object to every man is his own pleasure."
    I was once in a professor's class when a student raised the issue of Jesus as opposed to the theory, this student said that Jesus couldn't have been self interested by laying down his life for the whole world, but what really amused me was the reply of professor a man I call the CZAR OF KNOWLEDGE. The professor said if Jesus is God he should know all thing, which the whole class agreed to, and the prof said Jesus must have knew that his death will grant him over 2000years of glory. In the strong sense this theory holds that man cannot but act in their self interest even when they disguise otherwise.
    For example, egoist may claim that
seemingly altruistic behavior (giving a stranger some money) necessarily does have a self-interested component. For example, if the individual were not to offer aid to a stranger, he or she may feel guilty or may look bad in front of a peer group.
    In conclusion egoism is a fraught with the logical problem of collapsing into a closed theory, and hence being a mere assumption that could validly be accepted as describing human motivation and morality, or be rejected in favor of a psychological altruism (or even a psychological ecologism in which all actions necessarily benefit the agent’s environment).
     In my own view as an altruist the theory of egoism is practically lagging and unsuitable for any society. Today, this theory rules us, it controls us and its destroying us if we don't start taking precautionary measures against it.
    The believe in self interest is the beginning of most society vices, everybody is like mine me mine me and mine alone; nobody thinks about us we we. Our leaders today and most of the youths are only interested in themselves alone and this needs instant attention
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