TY - JOUR AB - Egoism as a moral philosophy of market economy in Adam Smith’s system is rational not ultra. It benefits not only other people but also the society led by an invisible hand. The Chinese traditional culture dominated by Confucianism, which denied gain‐seeking actuated by human selfish motives, as a whole, may be incompatible with the development of a market economy. Without rational egoism, the market economy would not exist. Meanwhile, ultra‐egoism which benefits oneself at the expense of others has also deformed the market economy. If it runs wild, the market economy would take the road to its doom. VL - 23 IS - 4/5/6 SN - 0306-8293 DO - 10.1108/03068299610121886 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/03068299610121886 AU - Yang Cao PY - 1996 Y1 - 1996/01/01 TI - Egoism: Adam Smith’s theory and Chinese traditional ideologies compared T2 - International Journal of Social Economics PB - MCB UP Ltd SP - 326 EP - 330 Y2 - 2024/03/29 ER -