2.<Tab/>There are a number of reasons why people should be generally moral. The main reason being is a good sense of morality will promote human flourishing and ameliorate human suffering more so than if people were not moral, or people were all strict ethical egoists. Without people acting morally the world would be an even more chaotic place, there would be no or very little regard for other humans as …
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…morally correct that would not normally be acceptable in everyday life. For instance stealing a Mercedes from an old woman would be morally correct in the eyes of an ethical egoism, for the simple fact that it is beneficial to you, the individual taking the car. Ethical egoism promotes one to be unfair, unkind, and immerse in self loathing, and if everyone shared this view of morality the world would be a very estranged place.