Ayn Rand on Selfishness

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The man who does not value himself, cannot value anything or anyone.

~AYN RAND, author ofThe Virtue of Selfishness

Morality and selfishness are not opposites

Morality and selfishness sound like opposites, but not according to the Russian-American novelist of the 1950s, Ayn Rand.She thought that it was obvious that behavior rationally meant puting your own interest first. You actually have a duty to be selfish.

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Published on May 06, 2015 00:43
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