The Limits of Self-Centered Morality: Philosophical Perspectives

[Name] Student’s Name Institution Affiliation Instructor’s Name Course Code Date Prompt 3 A self-centered moral system aims at maximizing self-interests. The assertions and premises of this argumentative prompt are factual, but the conclusion that supports a self-centered moral system is compromising. The moral point of view is above self-interests; it cuts across selfishness, alluding that everyone's interests and ideas matter and should be valued. Self-interest is not ethical and cannot define and ascertain human behavior. It is possible to be self-centered but not moved by self-interests. John Mill believes morality is a social practice and disputes self-determination by reason. His theory of Utilitarianism accesses actions and institutions based on happiness and that everyone’s happiness matters. Mill disputes that self-centered moral systems are honest. He believes that happiness is socially acquired. The premise that Christianity is dishonest and Aquinas disputes masks unselfishness. Aquinas thinks that God was leading human beings toward a moral life. He argues that self-centered ethical systems depart from consensus. He believes in universal egoism rather than individual egoism. Christianity promotes universal ethics, and it is a morality attributed to God. Aquinas thinks that God is the sole provider and that our selfish interests surpass the interests acknowledged by God. The concept of a self-centered moral system is absurd. Individual egoism does not conform to ethics in society. Self-centeredness relates to egoism, where ever