Is Egoism A Virtue Or A Vice

Abstract

Egoism, nowadays, has centered the attention of our competitive society. The goal of this article is to provide some insight into egoism by revealing egoism as a virtue or as a vice under different theoretical and factual support by examining literature research. This concept of egoism centered around self-interest and has been discussed over hundreds of years. There are theories and ideas proposed that support egoism as a virtue for contributing to both self and common interest, whereas some arguments contradict egoism as beneficial to the overall society and are "immoral". Though the theories are not flawless, they allowed us a new understanding of egoism rather than the stereotypes that are often against egoistic actions. There are two sides to everything; the same applies to egoism.