Egoism, Deontology, Divine Command

the moral claim of ethical egoism

you argue that others ought to maximize their good, yet if you are to maximize your own good you need to believe that others ought to maximize it too.

if two people both need to have one thing that the other cannot have, you must say it is in both of their self interests that they ought to have one thing, yet if they were ethical egoist then they'd have to say both people ought to do the same thing.

"I believe only I should act in my own self interest, but I don't care how others act"

"All people should serve my self-interest"

"Every person should pursue their self interest exclusively"

the view or theory that the self is all that can be known to exist.

Set forth the first principles of morality. Show how to justify these principles, and, as a result, elucidate (make clear) a conception of a life of excellence for people.

What is right or wrong is what God says is right or wrong.

x is obligatory; x is commanded by God

The commands of God are coextensive with the commands of morality. God's commands do not determine morality but inform us of morality's content.

We must believe that God exists because the requirements of morality are too much for us to bear.

"out of nothing, nothing becomes"

According to Kant, what is the opposite of necessity?

The opposite of autonomy