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ethical egoismэтический эгоизм (normative ethical position that moral agents ought to do what is in their own self-interest. Ethical egoism holds that actions whose consequences will benefit the doer can be considered ethical. Ethical egoism does not, however, require moral agents to harm the interests and well-being of others when making moral deliberation; e.g. what is in an agent's self-interest may be incidentally detrimental, beneficial, or neutral in its effect on others. Alex_Odeychuk)
forms of ethical egoismформа этического эгоизма (Ethical egoism can be broadly divided into three categories: individual, personal, and universal. An individual ethical egoist (e.g., a person suffering from narcissistic personality disorder) would hold that all people should do whatever benefits his or her ("my", the individual) self-interest; a personal ethical egoist would hold that he or she should act in his or her self-interest, but would make no claims about what anyone else ought to do; a universal ethical egoist would argue that everyone should act in ways that are in their self-interest. Alex_Odeychuk)