The Virtue
of Selfishness.
"The Objectivist ethics proudly advocates and upholds rational
selfishness . . . GNOSTICS
EINSTEIN
SOROS
It holds that the rational interest of men do not clash -
that there is no conflict of interests among men . . . who deal
with one another as traders, giving value for
value.
The principle of trade is the only rational
ethical principle for all human relationships, personal and
social, private and public, spiritual and material. It is the principle
of justice."1a*
BHAGAVAD GITA
ARISTOTLE
SPINOZA
MARX
AYOUB
"Without property rights, no other rights are
possible."1b
AUGUSTINE
MACHIAVELLI
ROUSSEAU
PAINE
"Today, few people know what capitalism is . . . "1c
MARX
SCHUMPETER
FRIEDMAN
AYOUB
"All credit transactions are contractual agreements.
. . Only a very small part of the gigantic network of credit
transactions ever ends up in court, but the entire network is
made possible by the existence of the courts, and would collapse
overnight without that protection."1d*
PLATO
KANT
RICARDO
ZINN
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Italics in the original.
1 Ayn Rand (1905-1982). The Virtue of
Selfishness: A New Concept of Egoism. With additional
articles by Nathaniel Branden. Ayn Rand, 1961, 1964. The Objectivist
Newsletter, Inc., 1962, 1963, 1964. New York, NY: Penguin Books USA,
Inc. (A Signet Book.)
a The Objectivist Ethics, at 34.
b The Objectivist Ethics, at 36.
c The Objectivist Ethics, at 37.
d Government Financing in a Free Society, at 136.
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