Utilitarians, like egoists, are consequentialists, that is, they determine whether particular actions are right or wrong by looking at their consequences. However, whereas the ethical egoist looks at consequences only insofar as they affect the egoist personally, the utilitarian looks at consequences insofar as they affect all human beings. Often courses of action that would be justified from the standpoint of ethical egoism are not morally justified from a utilitarian standpoint, since they may benefit the egoist but not provide sufficient benefit to humanity as a whole (when judged in relation to competing courses of action).