Egotism

Egotistical is not the same as egoistical, and I am all for the latter, and not at all for the former.   When one is egoistical, struts around bragging, competing and playing one-upmanship with others, one is sending the message that one is superior, and that hurts people's feelings. It makes them angry and resentful.  Now the braggart has made enemies. It is the wrong thing to do, and it is a good way to be hated, and good-haters like to fight one.

An egoist could have an inflated send of his own value and worth, and arrogantly demonstrate this overrated self-appraisal to the world. Such offensive behavior has no connection to the brand of egotism espoused under Mavellonialism.

My egoists are  primarily and foremostly motivated and seeking their own enlightened self-interest, and secondarily  and  as a necessary afterthought, to seek to behave and act in ways compatible with realizing the genderal good.

I advocate good manners and courtesy at home, at work, on the street. One should treat the self and all others with dignity, politeness and respect. That is one's duty, period. A well-behaved individuator pleases the Good Spirits for that is how they conduct themselves, and the egoistic individuator is their protege.