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The Virtue of Selfishness

The Virtue of Selfishness

The Virtue of Selfishness: A New Concept of Egoism is a 1964 collection of essays by the philosopher Ayn Rand and Nathaniel Branden. Most of the essays originally appeared in The Objectivist Newsletter. The book covers ethical issues from the perspective of Rand's Objectivist philosophy. Some of its themes include the identification and validation of egoism as a rational code of ethics, the destructiveness of altruism, and the nature of a proper government.


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“Individual rights are the means of subordinating society to moral law.”

The Virtue of Selfishness (1964)

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“The moral precept to adopt…is: Judge, and be prepared to be judged.”

The Virtue of Selfishness (1964)

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