An ethical egoist might criticize a car mechanic who cheats his customers by not doing a thorough job on car repairs by saying "even if you are making a profit, what you're doing is dishonest and so you ought not to do it."

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Boss

26 February, 02:19

An ethical egoist might criticize a car mechanic who cheats his customers by not doing a thorough job on car repairs by saying "even if you are making a profit, what you're doing is dishonest and so you ought not to do it."

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Lailah Powers · Answer 1

False.

Explanation:

Ethical egoism is demonstrated as the concept associated to the normative theory that promotes an individual is pre-conditioned for pursuing his/her self-interest and the moral agents must act accordingly (to maximize his/her self-interest).

As per the question, the given statement would be considered false as his statement does not reflect his self-interest which an ethical egoist being at a normative position ought to display. An ethical egoist statement will attempt to ensure that the car mechanic (moral agent) must act in his favor (reflects his self-interest) by making him (mechanic realize) that he/she is involved in an disadvantageous or harmful position. Thus, the statement would be considered false.