What Ayn Rand was saying is in line with the dictionary definition of
selfishness, i.e. being concerned with one's own interest and the advancement
thereof.
Not the essentially negative connotation that is typically ascribed to
"selfishness" by those who feel it is YOUR duty to provide the fruits of YOUR
efforts to those who do nothing to deserve them, have no legitimate right to
them, and in fact feel they are entitled to them, simply because they want them.
Perhaps I'll have to rethink my position. I'm not locked into any immutable
mindset on all this. I know just enough to know, I don't know ()*&^.
~FK
--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, 007 <007@...> wrote:
Ayn Rand regarded altruism as a great evil and selfishness as the ultimate
virtue. I think what she was really saying is that justice is the great value.
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