egoism - use in sentences

Converse of object

  • imply: This a priori sense does not imply egoism and is not trivial.
  • understand: As a result, he rejects morality as incompatible with egoism properly understood.

Adjective modifier

  • rational: Menger's rational egoism recognizes that value is grounded in human needs and their satisfaction.
  • psychological: Moreover, at one point, Stirner explicitly considers adopting the explanatory stance of psychological egoism only to reject it.
  • ethical: Could there be such a thing as ethical egoism?
  • national: But promoting democracy in the Middle East is not a matter of national egoism.
  • universal: On the contrary, the needs of all are met by means of universal egoism.
  • human: Human egoism, however, bodes ill for the animal rights movement.

Modifies a noun

  • ratio: All of these agents will enter simulation tagged with an initial altruism / egoism ratio of 0.5.

Noun used with modifier

  • class: Every efficient and wise government has at last the support of public opinion, whenever it opposes class egoism and class abuses.

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