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Are You Trapped by Egos – Types of Egoism  

What is Egoism?

Egoism is a teleological theory of ethics that sets as its goal the benefit, pleasure, or greatest good of the oneself alone. It is contrasted with altruism, which is not strictly self-interested, but includes in its goal the interests of others as well. There are at least three different ways in which the theory of egoism can be presented in many ways.

The “attitude that the object exists only for the ego’s satisfaction…can still be observed in some childish forms of love.” as can the “high evaluation of one’s own ego.” The “baby is everything as far as he knows – ‘all-powerful’. And every step that he takes towards establishing his own boundaries and limits will be painful because he’ll have to lose this…omnipotence.”

Where development is optimal, a gradual reconciliation to a more realistic view of one’s own place in the world may be possible – “and as our swollen heads get smaller… as people we grow.”Failure to adjust satisfactorily however may later lead to “defensive egotism… ‘a compensation or defence against a negative or fragile self-concept.'” The resulting “‘egotism’ means not giving equal importance to the wider perspective – the one [where]…your ego is still there, but it’s taking its proper limited place among all the other egos…

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