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    It is not the case that The armchair psychological egoist argument can be rejected

    ?Set your confidence on the premises below to see your aggregate.

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    • 1.The armchair psychological egoist argument requires both of its premises to be true in order to reach its conclusion
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    • 2.The second premise — that all desires are to be understood on the model of hunger — is implausible
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