Mark Gardner
Jun 20, 2024

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I'm sorry that you don’t understand the Objectivist ethics or what Ayn Rand meant by altruism. Let me help.

* 30-minute radio interview where she explains: https://courses.AynRand.org/works/the-psychology-of-altruism/

* selected quotes: https://courses.AynRand.org/lexicon/Altruism/

* Peter Schwartz, The Tyranny of Need: https://PeterSchwartz.com/the-tyranny-of-need/

* books by Tara Smith:

* Ayn Rand's Normative Ethics: https://cambridge.org/core/books/ayn-rands-normative-ethics/D8F6EEE20AF8681EC40D6A07595ABD1A

* Viable Values: https://rowman.com/ISBN/9780847697601/Viable-Values-A-Study-of-Life-as-the-Root-and-Reward-of-Morality

* Egoism without Permission: https://UPittPress.org/books/9780822948193/

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