The Philosophy of Philipp Mainländer with Roel Theeuwen
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Is There a Will to Die?
Minlender believes that all actions in the world are motivated by egoism. He says we strive for our own self interest at the expense of others. This is why we have the will to life, because i just the mere fact of us existing means that we do harm to other people and we help weaken the collective. But he also believes thereis such a thing as purified egoism or cleansed egoism. And this has to do it the greater good. So if you want to create an ethics, we can do it, but it wont not really have any effect to the course of the world.
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