Editing Psychological egoism (section)

=== Max Stirner ===
[[File:MaxStirner1.svg|thumb|203x203px|Stencil drawing of Max Stirner]]
Philosopher [[Max Stirner]] was an advocate for people striving towards ownness,<ref>{{Cite web |last=D'amato |first=David |title=Egoism in Rand and Stirner |url=https://www.libertarianism.org/columns/egoism-rand-stirner}}</ref> however he rejected the concept of psychological egoism because he believed most people are slaves to a 'spook'- a framework for moral behaviour that can delude our self-interest. Examples of spooks include [[society]] and [[natural rights]]. 

Stirner also uses the example of [[Juliet]] from ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'' to counter psychological egoism. Juliet kills herself as a sacrifice for others' betterment. She is in love, and knows that by doing this she will leave her self-will unsatisfied, nevertheless she subjects herself to a higher power and prohibits herself from having what she truly wants.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Stirner |first=Max |title=The Ego and Its Own |year=1844 |page=209 |translator-last=Byington |translator-first=Steven}}</ref><ref>Heider, Ulrike. ''Anarchism: Left, Right and Green'', San Francisco: City Lights Books, 1994, pp. 95–96.</ref>This demonstrates how it is possible for a person to act without satisfying one's self-interest.