PSYCHOLOGICAL EGOISM AND HOBBES

• Authors: Hun Chung
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Many commentators think that Hobbes was committed to psychological egoism. Psychological egoism is a theory of human psychology claiming that all human actions are ultimately motivated solely by one’s own self-interest. In this paper, the author argues that there are reasons to think that Hobbes was not committed to psychological egoism in any of its plausible formulations.

Keywords

EN

HOBBES; PSYCHOLOGICAL EGOISM

• Publisher: Institute of Philosophy, Slovak Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Filozofia (Philosophy)
• Year: 2016
• Volume: 71
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 197 – 208

Contributors

author

Hun Chung

• Philosophy Department, University of Arizona, Tucson, USA