A Critical Study on Metaphysical Principle of Ethical Egoism on the Basis of Haecceity inMulla Sadr`s View

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Tarbiat Modarres University

Abstract

Ethical egoism is a theory of normative ethics. According to Ayn Rand, a novelist, intellectual and non academic philosopher, its core idea is that every person ought to pursue his/her own self interest. The other idea is that objectivism as she explains it in metaphysics and epistemology, results egoism in normative ethics. She insists that everything in reality is particular and there is no universal in reality. This prolegomenon, made   egoists to resort to the concept of haecciety to justify treating oneself differently. On the principles of Mulla Sadra's philosophy, haecceity of an existent belongs to its very existence and existence is, truly, both unique and multiple. As a result, haecceity couldn't be taken as a strong metaphysical basis for ethical egoism, firstly and secondly, we can consider this metaphysical principle of Mulla Sadra as a prolegomenon to those ethical theories on which one may make balance between one's and others' interests.
 

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