Egoism may refer to any of the following:

• psychological egoism, the doctrine that holds that individuals are always motivated by self-interest
• ethical egoism, the doctrine that holds that individuals ought to do what is in their self-interest
• rational egoism, the belief that it is rational to act in one's self-interest
• solipsism, (sometimes called egoism), the belief that only one's self exists, or that only the experiences of one's self can be verified
• egotism, an excessive or exaggerated sense of self-importance: common spelling mistake, and misapprehension that it is egotism^[1]. Psychological egoism is the view that humans are always motivated by Self-interest, even in what seem to be acts of Altruism. Ethical egoism is the normative ethical position that Moral agents ought to do what is in their Self-interest. Rational egoism is the thesis that the pursuit of one's own Self-interest is always rational. Solipsism ( Latin: solus, alone + ipse, self is the philosophical idea that "My mind is the only thing that I know exists Egotism is the motivation to maintain and enhance favorable views of self

References

1. ^ AskOxford: Commonly Confused Words

See also

• Altruism, "otherism", the opposite of egoism
• Selfishness
• Individualism, a focus on the individual as opposed to society
• Individualist anarchism - anarchism that exalts the supremacy of the individual
• Libertarianism, a political ideology that advocates individual liberty and private property
• Machiavellianism, a tendency to deceive and manipulate others for personal gain
• Objectivism (Ayn Rand), a philosophical system based on the writings of novelist Ayn Rand that advocates egoism
• Post-egoism, a philosophy aiming beyond egoism
• Suitheism - Belief in self as a deity

Altruism is selfless concern for the welfare of others It is a traditional Virtue in many cultures and central to many religious traditions Selfishness denotes the precedence given in thought or deed to the Self, i Individualist anarchism refers to any of several traditions that hold that "individual conscience and the pursuit of self-interest should not be constrained by any collective Libertarianism is a term used by a broad spectrum of political philosophies which prioritize individual Liberty and seek to minimize or even abolish the Machiavellianism is the term that some social and personality psychologists use to describe a person's tendency to deceive and manipulate others for personal gain Objectivism is a Philosophy developed by Ayn Rand in the 20th century that encompasses positions on Metaphysics, Epistemology, Post-egoism is a philosophy emerging from the schools of Post-modernism and Buddhism that aims to transcend traditions of artistic egoism Ethical egoism Self-deification is the belief that oneself is a Deity or the striving for personal Apotheosis.

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