Egoism

Japanese: エゴイズム
Egoism
Translated as "egoism," it generally refers to a negative attitude that focuses solely on the fulfillment of one's own desires and the pursuit of one's own interests. As opposed to "altruism." Etymologically, it should be called egoism, a way of thinking that holds that the complete realization of the self or one's own interests is the goal of human action and the foundation of all ethics. When emphasizing the positive meaning, the word egotism is also used.
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Japanese:
〈利己主義〉と訳され,一般に自己の欲望の充足と利益の追求をもっぱらとする否定的な態度をいう。〈利他主義altruism〉に対する。語源的には自我主義というべきで,自我の完全な実現あるいは自己の利益が人間の行為の目標であり,あらゆる倫理の基盤であるとする考え方。肯定的な意義を強調する場合,エゴティズムegotismという語も用いられる。
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