Discrediting Egoism
a Substitute for the Holy Grail
Abstract
A knock-down argument against egoism has been considered to be the Holy Grail of moral philosophy. With the conviction that it is quixotic at best to seek out this Holy Grail by attempting yet again to refute egoism on its own terms, I pursue the more modest goal of roundly discrediting egoism. To show just how implausible this theory is, I set forth a cumulative set of arguments that appeal to virtually universal normative judgments and features of moral phenomenology.
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