According to the Text, What Is Wrong with the Self-Reliance

question 13

Multiple Choice

According to the text, what is wrong with the Self-Reliance Argument?

• A) It is not true that all would be better off if everyone tended to his or her own needs.
• B) The egoist cannot endorse the claim that we ought to do what benefits everyone.
• C) both a and b
• D) neither a nor b (The argument is sound.)

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