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John Wayne Gacy Egoism

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John Wayne Gacy an American serial killer and rapist who shall not be condemn as immoral. When committing these acts Gacy was acting in his best irrational interest and based on his own opinion rightness or wrongness. This is supported by the ethical theory of egoism and ethical subjectivism. The theory of egoism states that for an action to be morally right it should maximize one’s self- interest. Killing and raping at large scale could’ve been fulfilling and exciting for the defendant Gacy. Even though killing and raping is irrational, according to the egoist theory; it is morally justifiable because it maximizes Gacy's own self-interest. Gacy is also found morally correct under the ethical subjectivist theory. This theory argues that actions
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