https://plato-philosophy.org/the-book-thief-and-psychological-egoism/ Philosophy Learning and Teaching Organization Wed, 11 Feb 2009 18:08:32 +0000 hourly 1 https://plato-philosophy.org/the-book-thief-and-psychological-egoism/#comment-12346 Wed, 11 Feb 2009 18:08:32 +0000 https://www.philosophyforchildren.org/the-book-thief-and-psychological-egoism/#comment-12346 We did talk about that distinction a bit, but some of the students asserted that even if you do some act and feel good about it (as opposed to doing some act in order to feel good), the motivation for the act in the first place has to include at least some self-interest. We did not get very far into the objection related to what we ordinarily think as the difference between selfish and unselfish (self-sacrifice being the example I used) acts, but that was an interesting thread of our discussion.

]]> https://plato-philosophy.org/the-book-thief-and-psychological-egoism/#comment-12347 Wed, 11 Feb 2009 01:23:54 +0000 https://www.philosophyforchildren.org/the-book-thief-and-psychological-egoism/#comment-12347 I am wondering if you introduced the distinction between doing some act in order to feel good and doing some act and feeling good about it? I always find that offers people an alternative to the egoist position.

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