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You know reading the article can help clear up some misconception about Rand.
I think the misconception is found on both sides, but much more on the left.
The message I take from Rand is that being rational, self-productive and fair is the highest virtueman can achieve. It does not mean selfishness as defined by, say , the christian doctrines. But "selfish" as in not sacrificing oneself for someone that does not deserve it.
Who does not deserve your sacrifice is the key here. I veer off from Rand's thinking and say that there are those you should help and those you should not.I leave it to ragnar to defend not helping most peoople
You know reading the article can help clear up some misconception about Rand.
I think the misconception is found on both sides, but much more on the left.
The message I take from Rand is that being rational, self-productive and fair is the highest virtueman can achieve. It does not mean selfishness as defined by, say , the christian doctrines. But "selfish" as in not sacrificing oneself for someone that does not deserve it.
Who does not deserve your sacrifice is the key here. I veer off from Rand's thinking and say that there are those you should help and those you should not.I leave it to ragnar to defend not helping most peoople
An even better example is 9/11. According to Rand, the first responders who ran into the building were IMMORAL!You know reading the article can help clear up some misconception about Rand.
I think the misconception is found on both sides, but much more on the left.
The message I take from Rand is that being rational, self-productive and fair is the highest virtueman can achieve. It does not mean selfishness as defined by, say , the christian doctrines. But "selfish" as in not sacrificing oneself for someone that does not deserve it.
Who does not deserve your sacrifice is the key here. I veer off from Rand's thinking and say that there are those you should help and those you should not.I leave it to ragnar to defend not helping most peoople
So...........according to Rand, does that mean if I see a car wreck with someone caught inside and the car is on fire, I should take time to interview them to see if they deserve to be helped? I mean, I'd be endangering (and therefore sacrificing) myself to save them, what if the person who wrecked had just commited a rape/murder and wrecked because they were trying to escape?
Ayn Rand was a parasite, looter, moocher who collected Social Security and Medicare under the name Ann O'Connor. Of course when SHE leeches off of the government it's OK because she is acting in her own SELF INTEREST consistent with her philosophy of selfishness.
Again... Most often, here at USMB and on the internet in general, leftist confuse Ayn Rand the woman with the philosophy of Objectivism or the ideals of her fictional characters. They forget, or pretend too, that one may be pro-Socrates and anti-suicide. One may pick and choose ideas and arguments for the pre-insane Nietzsche without making the false assumption that German philosophy necessarily leads to Nazism. Indeed, one may even support many aspects of President Clinton while still despising Clinton the woman abusing letch.
Ayn Rand was a parasite, looter, moocher who collected Social Security and Medicare under the name Ann O'Connor. Of course when SHE leeches off of the government it's OK because she is acting in her own SELF INTEREST consistent with her philosophy of selfishness.
Again... Most often, here at USMB and on the internet in general, leftist confuse Ayn Rand the woman with the philosophy of Objectivism or the ideals of her fictional characters. They forget, or pretend too, that one may be pro-Socrates and anti-suicide. One may pick and choose ideas and arguments for the pre-insane Nietzsche without making the false assumption that German philosophy necessarily leads to Nazism. Indeed, one may even support many aspects of President Clinton while still despising Clinton the woman abusing letch.
so she had a duality philosophy.
Any Rand -- a hateful, not especially bright foreignor whose anti-democratic ideas appeal to stupid people.
