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The philosophy of ethical egoism states that morality should be based on self-interest. Ayn Rand is a well known example. She came from a privileged background and had little sympathy for the underprivileged.
1 Ethical egoism does not claim that all persons, in fact, seek their own self-interest; ethical egoism only claims that we should or ought seek our self-interest, even though all persons might not do so. 2  If ethical egoism is to be regarded as a theory, it must be universalized to hold for all persons. Psychological egoism is a descriptive theory resulting from observations from human behavior. 2  As such, it can only be a true empirical theory if there are no exceptions. 3  In science, a purported law only needs one disconfirming instance to disprove it. 4  Psychological egoism makes no claim as to how one should act.