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Enlightened self-interest is a philosophy in ethics which states that persons who act to further the interests of others (or the interests of the group or groups to which they belong) ultimately serve their own self-interest.
Aug 14, 2023 · Enlightened self-interest (ESI) emerged as a motivating construct to explain engagement in individual or firm-level behaviors that do not provide immediate, quantifiable benefit to those undertaking them.
May 15, 2018 · I shall define egoism as the view that one is never justified in acting for others’ sake alone, and that the well-being of the self must constitute one’s ultimate or basic end. Altruism is the view that one is never justified in acting for one’s own sake alone, and that the well-being of others must constitute one’s ultimate or basic end.
- Tom Peter Stephen Angier
- tom.angier@uct.ac.za
- 2018
Outline the emergence of empirical sociology as a means of solving social problems. Enlightenment thinkers proposed that human reason coupled with empirical study of the physical world would lead to progress—namely, the advancement of science and the improvement of the human condition.
All four of the types are considered: egoism, altruism, anomie, and fatalism. These are found to consist of different combinations of extremes on three main dimensions of the dominant norms in a social aggregate: their existence, content, and source of regulatory power.
Outline the emergence of empirical sociology as a means of solving social problems. Enlightenment thinkers proposed that human reason coupled with empirical study of the physical world would lead to progress—namely, the advancement of science and the improvement of the human condition.
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This chapter presents a discourse analysis of the sociology of the Enlightenment. It consists of an analysis of the constructive steps represented by early authors such as Thomas More, Thomas Hobbes, Giambattista Vico, Montesquieu, Adam Ferguson and John Millar.
