Study Questions

Danner

1.) According to the International Red Cross what was the range (low-high) of percentage of arrests in Iraq were actually mistaken?

2.) What differentiates psychological egoistic hedonism from other possible sorts of psychological egoism?

3.) How can one argue against ethical praise or blame based upon psychological egoism? 

4.) What are the four reasons cited by Feinberg for believing psychological egoism?

5.) Present Feinberg's argument against psychological egoism based upon the non-empirical character of the arguments for psychological egoism.

6.) What is the nature of logical confusion Feinberg alleges between acting from motives and psychological egoism in paragraph #6?

7.) What is the argument Fienberg outlines in paragraph #7 between outcomes of actions and desires, and how does he argue against it?

8.) What problems does disinterested benevolence and malevolence pose for the psychological egoist, and how does he or she address them?

9.) What is the paradox raised by the hedonistic egoist's account of moral education according to Feinberg?

10.) What is "pleasure₁" and why does Feinberg believe it cannot be our universal motivation?

11.) What is "pleasure₂" and why does Feinberg believe it cannot be our universal motivation?