Ethical Egoism Affecting Tom's Life

Individuals need to be conscious of their decisions so that they are able to handle the consequences resulting from their actions. This leads to the article in which Tom knowingly did something that could possibly negatively affect his life. The article outlines a series of events in Tom’s life ultimately resulting in a critical incident involving him needing proper medical care. It was Tom’s actions leading up to this event that triggered situation and now, puts pressure on Kevin in deciding whether to seek proper care or provide a substitute that could be critical to Tom in the long run. Now that he’s facing the possibility of losing his scholarship, he expects someone else to do something on his behalf they don’t wish to do. Although

Let say that Kevin call the ambulance and the event is memorialized in a report detailing what was observed during the technicians visit to his apartment. Now considering Tom has already been cited by the school for drinking in the dorms, it’s fair to say that Kevin has also violated the rules. Taking this into account, the school officials find out what occurred and intern, Kevin is then cited and risks the same possibility of losing any scholarships. Should this be the possible consequence, a person representing ethical egoism shouldn’t even consider helping Tom because that would not be in his/her self-interest. As outline in the Egoism philosophy one important thing to consider is the ranking of things that make the decision most beneficial to that individual. Ethical egoism suggests, “What brings the highest payoff to me is not necessarily what brings the highest payoff to those helped.” (Lab, 2016) There would be no benefit to Kevin to do anything to help Tom but to solely base the decision on what’s beneficial to him. Factoring in the probability of Kevin possibly being cited and/or losing his scholarships the proper choice would be bandaging him up and sending him on his way. Should Kevin go with the recommendation the consequences he would face could be damaging to him in the long run. The position I am attempting to make clear is that based on an ethical egoism perspective people only help others for their own pleasure. One of the earlier readings suggests, “People help other people, ethical egoists assert, not because of selfishness, pleasure, or happiness, as psychological egoists assert. No, human beings help their fellow human beings because it is advantageous to do so.” (University, 2016) If Kevin follows this the advice proposed in this paper to seek help would go against the Ethical Egoism