TY - JOUR
T1 - Metaphysical Egoism and Personal Identity
AU - SAUCHELLI, Andrea
PY - 2021/1/4
Y1 - 2021/1/4
N2 - Metaphysical egoism pursues what Gregory Kavka called ‘the reconciliation project’ (roughly, the project of reconciling the demands of morality with our rational self-interest) by appealing to one version of the psychological approach to personal identity. I argue that, for reasons related to its commitment to an implausible understanding of the notion of a psychological connection, this form of egoism is not plausible. I also explore one way in which metaphysical egoism may be amended, but I ultimately reject it.
AB - Metaphysical egoism pursues what Gregory Kavka called ‘the reconciliation project’ (roughly, the project of reconciling the demands of morality with our rational self-interest) by appealing to one version of the psychological approach to personal identity. I argue that, for reasons related to its commitment to an implausible understanding of the notion of a psychological connection, this form of egoism is not plausible. I also explore one way in which metaphysical egoism may be amended, but I ultimately reject it.
KW - Personal identity
KW - Rational egoism
KW - Psychological continuity
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85098662109&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s10790-020-09792-9
DO - 10.1007/s10790-020-09792-9
M3 - Journal Article (refereed)
AN - SCOPUS:85098662109
JO - Journal of Value Inquiry
JF - Journal of Value Inquiry
SN - 0022-5363
ER -