Question

Psychological egoism is the theory that human beings have an innate moral

compass.
True
False

Answer 1

Psychological egoism is a descriptive theory resulting from observations from human behavior. As such, it can only be a true empirical theory if there are no exceptions. In science, a purported law only needs one disconfirming instance to disprove it. Psychological egoism makes no claim as to how one should act.