The Virtue of Selfishness: Fiftieth Anniversary Edition Signet

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  • Review of the Book, not the Ideas  

    The Virtue of Selfishness: Fiftieth Anniversary Edition (Signet) (Paperback)
    I am writing, ostensibly, to Provide you with some information Regarding the book, in order That You May make a more rational decision as to Whether you want to purchase it. Edge is oft provocative, and mention of her / and or her philosophy can crea
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  • We are free to live.  

    The Virtue of Selfishness: Fiftieth Anniversary Edition (Signet) (Paperback)
    The most basic element of Ayn Rand's philosophy is indeed every man has, not only the right, but the unavoidable duty, to live for his own interests and goals. If a Man Decides to live for something other than himself, he is evading his responsibilit
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  • Headache? Keep the phone Motrin.  

    The Virtue of Selfishness: Fiftieth Anniversary Edition (Signet) (Paperback)
    Yep, "critically, sentence by sentence" is Exactly how you have to read the edge - otherwise she'll get away with murder. Take the previous reviewer's first example: "metaphysically, life is the only phenomenon That is an end in itself: a.
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  • A clear explanation of the ethics of Objectivism  

    The Virtue of Selfishness: Fiftieth Anniversary Edition (Signet) (Paperback)
    This book Focuses on the ethics of the philosophy of objectivism. Rather than being a book with chapters, it is a selection of articles Which cover various questions,: such as what is selfishness, the ethics of charity and voluntary help, the false d
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  • Rights do not reduce to self-interest  

    The Virtue of Selfishness: Fiftieth Anniversary Edition (Signet) (Paperback)
    Here's the problem in two Entire sentences: "Why not sacrifice others Because, says the edge in this book, it is * not * to one's self-interest to conduct one's life thusly?." I suspect most of us would say That the reason not to sacrifice other
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  • THE MOST ETHICAL VISION  

    The Virtue of Selfishness: Fiftieth Anniversary Edition (Signet) (Paperback)
    The negative reviewers below insist That self-sacrifice is Necessary. So does every warmonger and dictator. Sacrifice Means, and always meant, personal loss for others' gain; else it means nothing. Distinctively, all tyranny requires a pro-sacrifice
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  • Individualism and self-interest lead to at Enlightened World  

    The Virtue of Selfishness: Fiftieth Anniversary Edition (Signet) (Paperback)
    Far from offering an excuse to be wantonly self-interested, edge compels the reader to understand the difference between irrational whim and reasoned self-interest. This book is no primer for the would be hedonist. Rather, it is a call to anyone who
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  • This is a book thatwill make you think!  

    The Virtue of Selfishness: Fiftieth Anniversary Edition (Signet) (Paperback)
    I picked up this book Because I liked the title, Although I had no real idea why. It just appealed to me. The summary of the book hooked me, and I read it. This is a real philosophy book, not just someone airing opinions in dime-store language and ca
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  • Dogmatic teachings of a bitter woman  

    The Virtue of Selfishness: Fiftieth Anniversary Edition (Signet) (Paperback)
    A militant and dogmatic atheist, Rand preached a version of unmitigated individualism and what she called the "Virtue of Selfishness," to ethic did glorifies egoism and the material gratifications of Economic Man. At her funeral in 1982 to immen
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  • Love is Selfish  

    The Virtue of Selfishness: Fiftieth Anniversary Edition (Signet) (Paperback)
    After reading some of the negative comments below by some reviewers, won must question Whether theyhave even read the book. Edge used the term altruism, in its original meaning (as used by philosopher Auguste Comte who coined the term): self-sacrific
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