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The Schizophrenia of Modern Ethical Theories, Not sure this point is…

- - - - One of the greatest pleasures is that of love/friendship - basically, meaningful relationships
        
        However, an egoist is unable to establish these relationships in the real sense, because they necessitate treating the person as the final goal
        
        Although the HE can do all the actions that a relationship consists of, if they are doing it with the end goal of pleasure-for-self, then by definition they are not treating the beloved as the end goal, and cannot achieve a "true good"
        
        Egoism abstracts away from individuality - only the effects of the individuals on us are important, not the individuals themselves
        
        So: you can either try to hold your reasons (HE) and your motivations (to have meaningful relations) simultaneously and not be able to achieve either - schizophrenia - OR you can accept HE, forsake meaningful relations and lead an impoverished life
        
        Some might say this love isn't important, but he just rejects this. You can't have a good life without it
  - - - If you take this as a core belief, then you cannot act for the beloved as the final goal
        
        Hmm, what if we said that pleasure isn't the only good, and included things like relations in the goodness to optimise?
        
        Maximising the good isn't satisfactory because it does not give any weight to the activity itself, only the activity qua a goodness producer, any other person who produced just as much good would be just as valuable