A Dose of Cath

I took an ethics class for my college degree last term, and one of the topics that we talked about was morality and altruism. For some reason, my professor seemed dead set on the idea that morality equals altruism, and immorality equals selfishness. You see, I have always thought of myself as a selfish person, and I am fine with that; but it wasn't until we talked about psychological egoism that I realized I'm not the only one, because according to that view, everyone is motivated by self-interest. Or to put it in a loose term, everyone is selfish and true altruism is just as real as a unicorn.