This has real, ‘we have facts, and alternative facts’ vibes. Or, IHRA definition attempting to redefine anti-Semitism, vibes.
I think it’s better to find another term in drilling down on what you mean, instead of a post-hoc re-defining of an established term.
In this way, you communicate better what you mean, but having gone to the effort of finding/thinking of that description you’ll also have come to understand the issue your considering better.
Peter Singer, in the last pages of Practical Ethics, compares an egoist point of view as opposed to an ethical point of view. Distinguishing the pair, he writes, Egoists will have long term planning, but their plans are in essence concerning their own interests. While an ethical point of view will attempt to take the position of an impartial spectator. In this way he demonstrates that both can be rational points of view to take, while the egoist view may still be lacking.
With this in mind, I think the word you’re looking for is ‘egoist’.
I think the Boomer generation will become known for living through a time that promoted and valued that egoism world view. Whether it’s due to the, the relative prosperity and peace of the ‘West’ in their time, the after effects of the US civil rights era (the hippies grew up), the neoliberalism of Milton Friedman and James M Buchanan, or the associated degradation of State, Union, and Community power against private and monied persons.
This egoism point of view is apparent even in the common joke about the British middle class never being done renovating their kitchens. The critique being they cant identify a different and valuable use of their time and resources because their values framework stretches only to their own ‘front door’. This is of course is a satire, not to be taken literally about any individual, but there seems a broad truth being highlighted.
Here’s the passage, being out of the context of the rest of the text might have an issue that I don’t see. If so, sorry, but the books worth a read, it challenges the readers notions about all kinds.
This has real, ‘we have facts, and alternative facts’ vibes. Or, IHRA definition attempting to redefine anti-Semitism, vibes.
I think it’s better to find another term in drilling down on what you mean, instead of a post-hoc re-defining of an established term.
In this way, you communicate better what you mean, but having gone to the effort of finding/thinking of that description you’ll also have come to understand the issue your considering better.
Peter Singer, in the last pages of Practical Ethics, compares an egoist point of view as opposed to an ethical point of view. Distinguishing the pair, he writes, Egoists will have long term planning, but their plans are in essence concerning their own interests. While an ethical point of view will attempt to take the position of an impartial spectator. In this way he demonstrates that both can be rational points of view to take, while the egoist view may still be lacking.
With this in mind, I think the word you’re looking for is ‘egoist’.
I think the Boomer generation will become known for living through a time that promoted and valued that egoism world view. Whether it’s due to the, the relative prosperity and peace of the ‘West’ in their time, the after effects of the US civil rights era (the hippies grew up), the neoliberalism of Milton Friedman and James M Buchanan, or the associated degradation of State, Union, and Community power against private and monied persons.
This egoism point of view is apparent even in the common joke about the British middle class never being done renovating their kitchens. The critique being they cant identify a different and valuable use of their time and resources because their values framework stretches only to their own ‘front door’. This is of course is a satire, not to be taken literally about any individual, but there seems a broad truth being highlighted.
Here’s the passage, being out of the context of the rest of the text might have an issue that I don’t see. If so, sorry, but the books worth a read, it challenges the readers notions about all kinds.