Which is worse, being ruled by a sociopathic egoist or an idealist equally without scruple or remorse?
The Congo ruled by King Leopold or Cambodia ruled by the Khmer Rouge?
Reading Chernyshevsky, What is to Be Done?
Of course, in his theories of human motivation and moral duty he combined both egoism and utilitarianism, like Bentham and Mill before him.
Unlike Sidgwick, who saw egoism and utilitarianism as competing ideals of rational conduct.
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