"By definition, my acts are motivated by my desires!" Mike W.. Martin
Let's begin our study of egoism by evaluating our own egoistic stance.
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Egoism Survey "By definition, my acts are motivated by my desires!" Mike W.. Martin Let's begin our study of egoism by evaluating our own egoistic stance. |
Instructions: Place a check in the
column that most nearly reflects your views
(1 strongly disagree; 2 somewhat disagree; 3 neutral; 4
somewhat agree; 5 strongly agree.)
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Description | |
| Self-development is important. We should always watch out for our own best interest, taking care of our needs first. | ||||||
| Self-development is important. We should never let others interfere with our professional and personal self-development. | ||||||
| Being selfish is a good thing. | ||||||
| People are strongly motivated by their innate desire to attain their own best interest. | ||||||
| The bottom line is, people are egotistical; they always do what they want to do. | ||||||
| We should only help others when it will benefit us in return | ||||||
| Torturing others is OK if it benefits our country. | ||||||
| The world would be a better place if everybody just took care of himself and did not give handouts to others because helping others breeds a handout /dependent mentality. | ||||||
| Complete and total generosity is an illusion. People always feel good when they give, and thus they give because it makes them feel good. So if you think about it, generosity is selfishness and egoism in disguise. | ||||||
| TOTAL SCORE |
Rubric Below
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Rubric |
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| 37-45 | Die Hard Egoist |
| 28-36 | Extreme Egoist |
| 19-27 | Straddles the fence |
| 10-18 | Leaning towards utilitarianism and/or altruism |
| 1-9 | Ultimate utilitarianism/altruism tendencies |
Terms:
Egotism is a state of human action in which a person acts to gain values in an amount greater than that of the values he/she gives to other persons. (Source http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egotism )