e than that of the other two and delivers that everyone should act in his or her own self-interest.
             Hinman defines the term self-interest as "that which promotes the individual's projects, and that which is contrary to self-interest in that which is detrimental to those projects "(108). In other words, self-interest is a contribution to the maximization of one's projects. So, when one talks of the word self, it is a simple basis for self-interest. Hinman also illustrates the two types of self : pleasure seeking (hedonistic) and calculating (rational). Pleasure seeking is a type of hedonistic egoism that encourages individuals to act in order to promote one's own pleasure. Modern ethical egoists challenge the fact that one can best achieve pleasure by not focusing on it directly. Calculating is a type of rational egoism that inspires individuals to act in order to promote one's own long-term self-interest. In other wor
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