伦理利己主义是指每一个人都应该提升自己的
利益,或者人们有义务去从事任何可以有利于自己的事。伦理利己主义持规范的伦理立场,指
道德行为人应当去做符合他们自己利益的事情。
“Ethical egoism is the normative ethical position that moral agents ought to do what is in their own self-interest.”(伦理利己主义持规范的伦理立场,指道德行为人应当去做符合他们自己利益的事情。)或“Ethical egoism also called normative or rational egoism. It is an ethical view which holds that satisfying some desire of mine is a necessary and sufficient condition for me to act.”