Egoism

• egotism
  Egotism
  Egotism is the motivation to maintain and enhance favorable views of oneself. Egotism means placing oneself at the center of one's world with no direct concern for others....
  
  , an excessive or exaggerated sense of self-importance
• ethical egoism
  Ethical egoism
  Ethical egoism or egotism is the normative ethical position that moral agents ought to do what is in their own self-interest. It differs from psychological egoism, which claims that people do only act in their self-interest. Ethical egoism also differs from rational egoism, which holds merely...
  
  , the doctrine that holds that individuals ought to do what is in their self-interest
• psychological egoism
  Psychological egoism
  Psychological egoism or egotism is the view that humans are always motivated by self-interest, even in what seem to be acts of altruism. It claims that, when people choose to help others, they do so ultimately because of the personal benefits that they themselves expect to obtain, directly or...
  
  , the doctrine that holds that individuals are always motivated by self-interest
• rational egoism
  Rational egoism
  In ethical philosophy, rational egoism or egotism is the principle that an action is rational if and only if it maximizes one's self-interest. The view is a normative form of egoism. However, it is different from other forms of egoism, such as ethical egoism and psychological egoism...
  
  , the belief that it is rational to act in one's self-interest
• solipsism
  Solipsism
  Solipsism is the philosophical idea that one's own mind is all that exists. Solipsism is an epistemological or ontological position that knowledge of anything outside the mind is unjustified. The external world and other minds cannot be known and might not exist...
  
  , (sometimes called egoism), the belief that only one's self exists, or that only the experiences of one's self can be verified
• Egoist anarchism
  Egoist anarchism
  Egoist anarchism is a school of anarchist thought that originated in the philosophy of Max Stirner, a nineteenth century Hegelian philosopher whose "name appears with familiar regularity in historically-orientated surveys of anarchist thought as one of the earliest and best-known exponents of...
  
  , a form of anarchism
  Anarchism
  Anarchism is a political philosophy encompassing theories and attitudes which consider the state, as compulsory government, to be unnecessary, harmful, and/or undesirable, and favors the absence of the state ....
  
  , as most often represented by Max Stirner
  Max Stirner
  Johann Kaspar Schmidt , better known as Max Stirner , was a German philosopher, who ranks as one of the literary fathers of nihilism, existentialism, post-modernism and anarchism, especially of individualist...
  
  

See also

• Altruism
  Altruism
  Altruism is selfless concern for the welfare of others. It is a traditional virtue in many cultures, and a core aspect of various religious traditions such as Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Sikhism, and many others. Also, altruism is a key aspect of many...
  
  
• Selfishness
  Selfishness
  Selfishness denotes the precedence given in thought or deed to the self, i.e., self interest or self concern. It is the act of placing one's own needs or desires above the needs or desires of others....
  
  
• Individualism
  Individualism
  Individualism is the moral stance, political philosophy, ideology, or social outlook that stresses independence and self-reliance. Individualists promote the exercise of one's goals and desires, while opposing most external interference upon one's choices, whether by society, or any other group or...
  
  , a focus on the individual as opposed to society
• Individualist anarchism
  Individualist anarchism
  Individualist anarchism refers to several traditions of thought within the anarchist movement that emphasize the individual and his/her will over any kinds of external determinants such as groups, society, traditions, and ideological systems. Individualist anarchism is not a single philosophy but...
  
   - anarchism that exalts the supremacy of the individual
• Machiavellianism
  Machiavellianism
  Machiavellianism is, according to the OED, "the employment of cunning and duplicity in statecraft or in general conduct", deriving from the Italian Renaissance diplomat and writer Niccolò Machiavelli, who wrote Il Principe and other works...
  
  , a tendency to deceive and manipulate others for personal gain
• Objectivism (Ayn Rand)
  Objectivism (Ayn Rand)
  Objectivism is the philosophy developed by the Russian-American philosopher and novelist, Ayn Rand. Objectivism holds that reality exists independent of consciousness; that individual persons are in direct contact with this reality through sensory perception; that human beings can gain objective...
  
  , a philosophical system based on the writings of Ayn Rand that advocates egoism
• Post-egoism
  Post-egoism
  Post-egoism is a philosophy emerging from the schools of post-modernism and Buddhism that aims to transcend traditions of artistic egoism, ethical egoism, and notions of an autonomous self...
  
  , a philosophy aiming beyond egoism
• Suitheism - Belief in self as a deity