X-Message-Number: 31207 From: Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2008 09:27:32 EST Subject: Wakfer's philosophy I hadn't been aware of Wakfer's work mentioned below. However, it's not quite true that no other consistent and complete philosophy (related to "ethical egoism") exists. My 2005 book YOUNIVERSE: TOWARD A SELF CENTERED PHILOSOPHY fills the bill pretty well, with the emphasis on optimal choices for maximization of individual satisfaction over future time. I'm working on a revision to be available in probably a couple of months. R.E. >To counter this, one needs an ethical philosophical basis that totally >integrates self-interest and humanitarianism. See my essay "Social >Meta-Needs <http://selfsip.org/fundamentals/socialmetaneeds.html#Maslow>: A New >Basis for Optimal Interaction" at: >http://selfsip.org/fundamentals/socialmetaneeds.html for a basis of the >only such consistent and complete philosophy of which I am aware. **************Life should be easier. So should your homepage. Try the NEW AOL.com. (http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp&icid=aolcom40vanity&ncid=emlcntaolcom00000002) Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" [ AUTOMATICALLY SKIPPING HTML ENCODING! ] Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=31207