This ties into psychological and ethical egoism. Ethical egoism is the position that moral agents ought to do what is in their own self-interest. It differs from psychological egoism, which claims that people can only act in their self-interest. Ethical egoism holds that actions whose consequences will benefit the doer can be considered ethical. ... An idea that goes against ethical relativism is moral absolutism. ...

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Ethical subjectivism is the view that right and wrong are relative. ... Two consequentialist theories are important and they are ethical egoism and utilitarianism. ... Psychological egoism is a theory of human nature concerned with how people behave. Psychological egoism defines the possibility of nonselfish behavior. Ethical egoism is a theory of self-interest. ...

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Ethical subjectivism is the view that right and wrong are relative. ... Two consequentialist theories are important and they are ethical egoism and utilitarianism. ... Psychological egoism is a theory of human nature concerned with how people behave. Psychological egoism defines the possibility of nonselfish behavior. Ethical egoism is a theory of self-interest. ...

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