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some sense of desire to satisfy ourselves. From cleaning an infants bottom to working on assignments we hate, we all have some motive that essentially reaches for some level of
self satisfaction. we may do something we do not like to do because we know it will make us appear in a good light with others, or eventually get us
what we want. Or we may simple do things for others because it makes us feel good about ourselves. The bottom line is that much of what we do we
do from a selfish perspective. However, from there we can envision this philosophy from many different ways, with many different ultimate motives. In his essay "Psychological Egoism" Joel Feinberg argues
that the most basic principles of the theory are not valid. In the following paper we examine Feinbergs essay in terms of what he is actually saying and what his
arguments are. Psychological Egoism As mentioned, to a large extent everything we do has some selfish intentions attached. This theory is primarily one that argues "humans can never
act in a way that contradicts their own self-interest. Psychological Egoism is a descriptive theory in that it assumes that this is the way in which the world operates" (Yost
egoism.htm). Feinberg, however, argues that this theory is not infallible. He claims that it is something that cannot be proven or really disproven as it relates to testing and evidence.
"Feinberg argues that the very idea of Psychological Egoism can never be equated with carefully gathered empirical evidence that is normally required of a scientific theory. He says that
this type of general theory that requires no scientific testing is the typical type of belief held by arm-chair scientists, whose ideas are based wholly on their own impressions" (Yost
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