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Ethical egoism

ethical position that moral agents should act in their own self-interest
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Ethical egoism

Summary

Ethical egoism ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (295 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Ethical egoism's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02j8k[2].
  • Ethical egoism's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/ethical-egoism[3].
  • Ethical egoism's different from is recorded as egoism[4].
  • Ethical egoism's Quora topic ID is recorded as Ethical-Egoism[5].
  • Ethical egoism's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as egoisme[6].
  • Ethical egoism's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 125553218[7].
  • Ethical egoism's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C125553218[8].
  • Ethical egoism's Encyclopedia of China is recorded as 184067[9].

Why It Matters

Ethical egoism ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (295 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] It is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . Quora. wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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