Ebook {Epub PDF} The Virtue of Selfishness: A New Concept of Egoism by Ayn Rand

The Virtue of Selfishness consists of fourteen essays written by Ayn Rand, and five essays written by Nathaniel Branden. They present the philosophy Ayn Rand calls “Objectivism.”. Objectivism holds that people should do what is in their self interest as long as they do not resort to violence/5(12). This book by novelist and philosopher Ayn Rand, (author of "Atlas Shrugged" and "The Fountainhead") is an ethical treatise on her philosophy of Objectivism, which sets out the principles of rational egoism—selfishness—and is the answer to thousands of years of the ethics of self-sacrifice—altruism/5.  · In this collection of articles, Rand offers a “new concept of egoism” based on reason as man’s means of survival and opposed to all forms of sacrifice. It is commonly believed that morality demands we choose between sacrificing other people to ourselves (which is deemed “selfish” and therefore immoral) and sacrificing our own values to satisfy others’ needs (which is deemed unselfish .

The Virtue of Selfishness: A New Concept of Egoism. Selfishness — a virtue? Ayn Rand chose this book's provocative title because she was on a mission to overcome centuries of demonization. "In popular usage," Rand writes, "the word 'selfishness' is a synonym of evil; the image it conjures is of a murderous brute who tramples over. It is not a concept that one can surrender to man's enemies, nor to the unthinking misconceptions, distortions, prejudices and fears of the ignorant and the irrational. The attack on "selfishness" is an attack on man's self-esteem; to surrender one, is to surrender the other. "Introduction". The Virtue of Selfishness, ix. The Virtue of Selfishness consists of fourteen essays written by Ayn Rand, and five essays written by Nathaniel Branden. They present the philosophy Ayn Rand calls "Objectivism." Objectivism holds that people should do what is in their self interest as long as they do not resort to violence.

In this collection of articles, Rand offers a “new concept of egoism” based on reason as man’s means of survival and opposed to all forms of sacrifice. It is commonly believed that morality demands we choose between sacrificing other people to ourselves (which is deemed “selfish” and therefore immoral) and sacrificing our own values to satisfy others’ needs (which is deemed unselfish and therefore moral). The monument builders, Ayn Rand () Man's rights, Ayn Rand () Collectivized "rights," Ayn Rand () The nature of government, Ayn Rand () Government financing in a free society, Ayn Rand () The divine right of stagnation, Nathaniel Branden () Racism, Ayn Rand (). The Virtue of Selfishness: A New Concept of Egoism is a collection of essays and papers by Ayn Rand and Nathaniel Branden. Most of the essays originally appeared in The Objectivist Newsletter, except for "The Objectivist Ethics", which was a paper Rand delivered at the University of Wisconsin during a symposium on "Ethics in Our Time".