Name: The Virtue of Selfishness
Rating: 3.263157894736842 (19 reviews)
ISBN: 9780451129314

Nathaniel Branden

Ayn Rand

A New Concept of Egoism

The Virtue of Selfishness

A collection of essays that sets forth the moral principles of Objectivism, Ayn Rand's controversial, groundbreaking philosophy. Since their initial publication, Rand's fictional works—Anthem, The Fountainhead, and Atlas Shrugged—have had a major impact on the intellectual scene. The underlying theme of her famous novels is her philosophy, a new morality—the ethics of rational self-interest—that offers a robust challenge to altruist-collectivist thought. Known as Objectivism, her divisive philosophy holds human life—the life proper to a rational being—as the standard of moral values and regards altruism as incompatible with man's nature. In this series of essays, Rand asks why man needs morality in the first place, and arrives at an answer that redefines a new code of ethics based on the virtue of selfishness. More Than 1 Million Copies Sold!

Interesting and thought provoking ideas. Loved the bluntness of it all but also was a bit taken aback with that.

The Virtue of Selfishness A New Concept of Egoism

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