Ethics and Values / Unit 3 Ethics 115 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Rand's Argument
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The idea
Rand's argument for ethical egoism: a person's life is that person's supreme value, and altruism, by demanding its sacrifice, fails to take the individual seriously.
In practice
In Rand's telling, "live for others" converts a person into a means; egoism, she argues, respects the one life each person has.
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