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The Wickedness Objection

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The wickedness objection: ethical egoism endorses any act, however harmful to others, whenever the act genuinely profits the agent.

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If falsifying the trial data enriches the executive and stays hidden, the theory does not merely permit the fraud — the theory recommends it as her duty.