After Bill helped the elderly gentleman with his bags, he wondered if he wasn't simply being selfish, since he felt good afterwards about what he did. Psychological egoism would be true of Bill's actions only if

A) Bill had the desire to help only because helping made Bill feel good.
B) Bill felt good after helping.
C) by not acting Bill's conscience would have bothered him later.
D) Bill acted out of his own desire to help.

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Kangni Attiogbe · Accepted Answer

Final Answer : A, Explanation :  Psychological egoism claims that all human actions are ultimately motivated by self-interest. Therefore, for Bill's actions to be an example of psychological egoism, he would have had to help the elderly gentleman solely for the purpose of making himself feel good. If there were other motives, such as a desire to help or a sense of duty, then Bill's actions would not necessarily be egoistic.

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