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I am proposing altruism as the true basis of morality. To some, this will not seem so extraordinary. After all, altruism is at the core of most religions and even other secular moral philosophies. Only Ayn Rand's Objectivism explicitly denies the morality of altruism.
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Making altruism the basis of morality seems reasonable to most people. But this concept can be directly traced to Christianity. In fact no world-view not based on Christianity espouses this view. Eastern religions are primarily concerned with what is the optimimal way to live one's life.
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[T]here is one word—a single word—which can blast the morality of altruism out of existence and which it cannot withstand—the word: ‘Why?' Why must man live for the ... This article is an adapted excerpt from my lecture "Ayn Rand's Morality of Selfishness," a ninety-minute introduction to the Objectivist ethics.
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It all seemed very simple. After all, what is morality about if it is not about living with others? And how can you live ... He identifies two cultural contributors to this decline: Ayn Rand's philosophy of selfishness and the biological theory of "altruism." He rejects this definition of animal altruism and offers his own,
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Altruism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Altruism (from Latin: alter : the other) is the deliberate pursuit of the interests or welfare of others or the public interest. The concept has a long history in philosophical and ethical thou...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altruism
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Putting prescriptive morality aside, I contend that the self-interestedness supported by pro-selfishness philosophers does not necessarily conflict with the kindness supported by pro-selflessness philosophers.
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It might seem that the local advantage of selfishness can be eliminated by punishment, but punishment is itself a form of altruism. For instance, if you pay to put a criminal in jail, all law-abiding citizens benefit but you paid the cost.
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Video courtesy of the Chapman University School of Business and Economics, recorded April 3, 2008. Dr. Yaron Brook, president of the Ayn Rand Institute, speaks on the morality of Capitalism. ... profit public interest Yaron Brook capitalism morality altruism selfishness Ayn Rand Institute business economics...
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Jahrbuch für Recht und Ethik ; Annual Review of Law and Ethics ... Margaret Gruter/Roger D. Masters: ; Balancing Altruism and Selfishness: Evolutionary Theory and the Foundation of Morality...
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