Ethical Egoism Vs Utilitarianism

It is clear how ethical egoism has no perfect properties and how utilitarianism simply avoids the problems ethical egotism falls into. Now let’s shed some light onto the advantages of utilitarianism that ethical egoism lacks in. Utilitarianism is a theory which objectifies moral principles. It makes utility a quantified value. Utility is something that is intrinsically valuable and that it can be measured and compared from one result to another. With this, we can simply know what is morally right by doing some basic math of subtracting the amount disutility from the amount of utility. This simplifies scenarios so as one can figure out what would be the most moral action by computing the overall possible happiness and expect that every other

Practically everyone who knows how to do simple arithmetic would say that the answer is 2. As long as you are able to distinguish what utility and dustily are and how much there is of each, you are a set utilitarian.
Ethical egoism says that right or wrong is due to yourself and the aim is to do whatever makes you happy, whereas utilitarianism says that it is due to utility for everyone and the aim is to maximize utility. In this case, it rationally makes more sense to follow the utilitarian perspective for one simple reason, trust. Ethical egoists won’t mind lying as long as they are doing what makes them happy. So, let us say you and a classmate were being naughty kids at school and the both of you were sent to the principal’s office. The principle then puts you on the spot to explain the actions both of you have committed. As an ethical egoist, you would do whatever is necessary for your gain of advantage. So, you would likely make a very convincing lie and blame it all on your classmate so as you can leave without punishment. The utilitarian would analyze your

The ethical egoist sees that each person is the best judge of what’s in their own best interest and so we should leave people to act for themselves. Now obviously, this cannot always be the case. For example, if one ever gets addicted to drugs, they are likely not going to be the best judge of their own interests when offered more drugs. They may feel that they want more drugs, but they are incompetent of realizing the disabilities they’ll be putting themselves in through, such as the after effects of the drug, the friends and family they’ll lose, the financial risk they’ll be taking, and the long term health risks. In this case, they will require some means of assistance to help maximize utility. But on the other hand excessively telling someone what will make their lives go better has potential costs. For instance, they may become dependent on the judgment of others and no longer develop a capacity to judge for themselves which is in itself a disutility. So, utilitarianism prevents the obligation of being at the extremes of either end of the scale. Thereby, the ethical egoist sees people as fully liberated which could lead to several harmful cases in their life, whereas the utilitarian balances it out between liberty and