He argues that acting irrationally is our way of exerting our free will - the ability to freely choose our actions.
Its narrator, the underground man, attacks rational egoism by claiming that it is a direct threat to our free will.
None of us can live up to that standard, but is trying to act rationally worthwhile in the first place? This is a fundamental question addressed in the novella Notes From the Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky. From a rational egoist’s perspective, engaging in these harmful behaviors is shameful - for according to rational egoism, we ought to perform an action if and only if, and because, performing that action maximizes our self-interest (Shaver). Why do we make absurd decisions? No matter how logical we may consider ourselves to be, we are bound to fall victim to irrational actions - whether it’s wasting time on social media, eating while we are not hungry, or staying up past midnight. Originally written for a high school English class Notes From the Underground - An Analysis of the Underground Man’s Attitude Towards Free Will
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