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May 15, 2024 · Ayn Rand advocated selfishness. This, too, requires a moral code. The goal of selfishness is personal happiness, yet the means of attaining that are far from self-evident. Thus, Rand prescribes rational egoism, a code that consists of virtues such as honesty, justice, productiveness, and pride. 1.
1 day ago · Rand referred to egoism as "the virtue of selfishness" in her book of that title. In it, she presented her solution to the is–ought problem by describing a meta-ethical theory that based morality in the needs of "man's survival qua man", which requires the use of a rational mind.
May 20, 2024 · “The man who does not value himself, cannot value anything or anyone.” ― Ayn Rand, The Virtue of Selfishness: A New Concept of Egoism tags: self-esteem
Max Stirner, The Ego and Its Own; Ayn Rand, The Virtue of Selfishness. You might also try Albert Hirschman, The Passions and the Interests: Arguments for Capitalism Before Its Triumph (though Hirschman is no philosopher, his political philosophical history here, though oversimplified, makes an intriguing case for self-interest as superior to ...
May 20, 2024 · The Virtue of Selfishness: A New Concept of Egoism by Ayn Rand 14,352 ratings, average rating, 767 reviews Open Preview
2 days ago · Conscience is not the same as egoism, as seen in the quote: "I couldn't live with myself if I had done such-and-such!" This is akin to what philosopher Ayn Rand had in mind in her novels The Fountainhead (1943) and Atlas Shrugged (1957), and in her essay The Virtue of Selfishness (1964), in which she argued that it is generally ethically ...
May 14, 2024 · One is “selfish” if one cares only for oneself. Like a soldier who betrays his squad to the enemy, so that he could escape with his life. Most religious and moral systems tend to look down ...
