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In the preceding two chapters I have reviewed and assessed the objections to Strong Egoism that I am acquainted with. The upshot is that none of the objections, it seems to me, succeed. Although several objections show that Ethical Egoism is not easily held—the ethical egoist must be very tenacious indeed—it has not been shown that Ethical Egoism cannot be consistently held, that it has to be rejected.
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Österberg, J. (1988). The Strong Form of Ethical Egoism. In: Self and Others. Synthese Library, vol 196. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-2879-4_8
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