I don't think you can just define egoism out of existence like that. Welfare is what's worth pursuing *for an individual's sake*, INSOFAR as one has reason to care about this.
The "insofar as" marks an antecedent requirement that egoists can claim is not satisfied (hence we've no reason to pursue others' welfare). Many others may claim th…
I don't think you can just define egoism out of existence like that. Welfare is what's worth pursuing *for an individual's sake*, INSOFAR as one has reason to care about this.
The "insofar as" marks an antecedent requirement that egoists can claim is not satisfied (hence we've no reason to pursue others' welfare). Many others may claim that it is only satisfied very weakly: we have little reason to care about others, on their view. My claim is that both of these (coherent and substantive) normative views are false: we have very strong reasons to care about what is worth pursuing *for others' sakes*.
I don't think you can just define egoism out of existence like that. Welfare is what's worth pursuing *for an individual's sake*, INSOFAR as one has reason to care about this.
The "insofar as" marks an antecedent requirement that egoists can claim is not satisfied (hence we've no reason to pursue others' welfare). Many others may claim that it is only satisfied very weakly: we have little reason to care about others, on their view. My claim is that both of these (coherent and substantive) normative views are false: we have very strong reasons to care about what is worth pursuing *for others' sakes*.