Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2003. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references. Available also from UMI Company.

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Inaug.-diss.--Leipzig. / Lebenslauf. "S.-a. aus der 'Vierteljahrsschrift für wissenschaftliche philosophie und sociologie, ' 28 band. (1904)." "Literatur": p. [60]-65.

There has recently been a reengagement with Aristotle’s ethical thought. One only needs to mention contemporary virtue ethics, which explicitly names him as its inspiration. However, not all aspects of his ethical thought have received the attention, and engagement, they deserve. This is especially true of his egoism. In order to facilitate this engagement, this dissertation will offer a thorough account of Aristotle’s egoism. It will focus on his seminal work, the Nicomachean Ethics. Chapter One serves as a methodological introduction. It argues that Aristotle often uses a certain investigative procedure. He often posits preliminary positions that he later revises or rejects. Therefore, to properly grasp his thought, we must take care to distinguish his merely preliminary from his final positions. Chapter Two argues that Aristotle accepts a form of psychological egoism, namely that each person acts ultimately for the sake of his own happiness (εὐδαιμονία). This chapter both gives evidence for this interpretation and responds to two challenges that have been brought against it. The first challenge stems from Aristotle’s claim that friends benefit their friends for their friends’ own sake. The second challenge stems from Aristotle’s claim that virtuous action is kalon (“noble” or “fine”) and “for the sake of the kalon.” However, kala actions were popularly identified with actions of selfless beneficence. Chapter Three argues that Aristotle defends his view that we act ultimately for the sake of our own happiness. It is widely thought among those who agree that he holds this view that he never attempts to defend it. This chapter argues, to the contrary, that he does. It shows that he raises a challenge to his view that each person acts ultimately for the sake of his own happiness and then responds to it. This challenge is the popular view that virtuous people act in a selfless or self-disregarding way, especially in relation to their friends. This chapter then argues that Aristotle responds to this challenge through his discussion of friendship. He attempts to show, despite the popular view to the contrary, that virtuous people are not self-disregarding in relation to their friends.

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Inaug.-diss.--Greifswald. / Lebenslauf.

Inaug.-diss.--Berlin. / Vita.

Thesis (M.Phil.)--Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 2006. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 141-154). Also available in electronic version.

The aim of this study is to determine whether or not ethical egoism is promoted during gameplay of three role-playing video games namely Mass Effect, Fable III and Fallout New Vegas. The rapid expansion of the video gaming industry as well as game studies as an academic field have made it necessary to understand what effects video games may have on society. This study shows that gamers come into contact with various ethico-moral dilemmas during gameplay and act in an egoistic manner in order to complete video games. Firstly, an explanation of game and gameplay are provided as well as an outline of two game studies methodologies, namely narratology and ludology. These two methodologies are then combined into a hybrid approach which is used to analyse the video games from both a narrative and gameplay point of view which allows for a more comprehensive analysis of each respective game. Thereafter, a discussion of B.F. Skinner's behaviourism is given in order to better understand gamer behaviour. Skinner's concepts of positive reinforcement, schedules of reinforcement and operant conditioning are then linked to video games to show behaviourism's influences on game design. Ethical egoism, as theorised by Thomas Hobbes and Jesse Kalin, provides the ethico-moral theory necessary for the analysis of the morality mechanic in each game. Ethico-moral dilemmas identified within each game are discussed with regards to the hybrid approach which details both narrative and gameplay consequences of in-game ethico-moral decision making. The study concludes that gamers are ethical egoists when engaged in gameplay, due to their desire to complete the video game. However, during gameplay, gamers are exposed to altruism which is often promoted through the narrative and the nature of in-game objectives. Suggestions for further studies are also given for example a more detailed analysis of gamer behaviour, a qualitative study of in-game ethico-moral actions as well as a study of games that are non-violent in nature.

蔡駿. / 論文 (哲學碩士)--香港中文大學, 2000. / 參考文獻 (leaves 3) / 附中英文摘要. / Cai Jun. / Lun wen (zhe xue shuo shi)--Xianggang Zhong wen da xue, 2000. / Can kao wen xian (leaves 3) / Fu Zhong Ying wen zhai yao. / 導言 --- p.1 / Chapter 第一章- --- < 自我於現象學中的位置> --- p.4 / Chapter 1. --- 「自我」問題的提出 --- p.4 / Chapter 2. --- 了解「自我」之方法 --- p.11 / Chapter 第二章- --- < 作爲絶對存在的超越自我 > --- p.19 / Chapter 1. --- 不可懷疑的超越自我 --- p.19 / Chapter 2. --- 自我作爲賦予世界意義之最終基礎 --- p.26 / Chapter 3. --- 超越自我的存在特性 --- p.32 / Chapter 第三章- --- < 現實世界中存在之經驗自我> --- p.41 / Chapter 1. --- 經驗自我的含義 --- p.41 / Chapter 2. --- 自我作爲現實世界中之肉身存在 --- p.41 / Chapter 3. --- 人作爲「位格」一文化世界中的自我 --- p.61 / Chapter 第四章- --- < 自我在超越與經驗兩層面間的關係> --- p.71 / Chapter 1. --- 超越與經驗自我之同一及差異 --- p.74 / Chapter 2. --- 兩種態度之對立化 --- p.77 / Chapter 3. --- 絶對化的迷思 --- p.80 / 總結 --- p.88 / 註釋 --- p.90 / 參考書目