Rule egoism

Rule egoism is the doctrine under which an individual evaluates the optimal set of rules according to whether conformity to those rules bring the most benefit to himself.[1] An action, therefore, is right if it promotes his welfare at least as well as any alternative rule available to him.[2] It is associated with foundational egoism, which maintains that normative factors must be grounded in consideration of the agent's well-being - something that rule egoism does but in a way that avoids factoral egoism.[3]

Development

Although it is claimed that Thomas Hobbes is a rule-egoist, the term "rule egoism" was first coined by Richard Brandt in his work "Rationality, Egoism, and Morality, where it was briefly mentioned.[4]

gollark: If you're going to be like *that*, I'll transport you to a universe identical to your current one except that Vernor Vinge's *A Deepness in the Sky* was published in 1999 and not 1996.
gollark: ... yes? That is what I said.
gollark: As such, randomly project yourself into GTech™ hyperplane 951151-φδ.
gollark: It was not novel or very reply-able.
gollark: I'm sure someone already said that recently. It was probably you.

See also

References
  1. Kagan, Shelly. 1998. Normative Ethics. Westview Press. p. 199
  2. Copp, David (2006). The Oxford Handbook of Ethical Theory. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 384. ISBN 9780195147797.
  3. Kagan, Shelly (2018-02-12). Normative Ethics. Routledge. ISBN 9780429978289.
  4. Osterberg, Jan (2012). Self and Others: A Study of Ethical Egoism. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers. p. 230. ISBN 9789401077965.
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