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Psychological egoism
In ethics and psychology, the view that in fact all human beings act solely in their individual self-interest (so far as they calculate correctly as to what this is). This view -- particularly in the ethical tradition established by Hobbes -- is often combined, or confused, with the view, which is labelled "ethical egoism" that all human being ought (whether they do or don't) each to act in their individual self-interest.
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