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THE VIRTUE
OF SELFISHNESS

УEthics is not a mystic fantasyЧnor a social conventionЧnor a dispensable, subjective luxury. ... Ethics is an objective necessity of manТs survivalЧnot by the grace of the supernatural nor of your neighbors nor of your whims, but by the grace of reality and the nature of life.Ф
УThe Objectivist ethics proudly advocates and upholds rational selfishnessЧwhich means: the values required for manТs survival qua manЧwhich means: the values required for human survivalЧnot the values produced by the desires, the feelings, the whims or the needs of irrational brutes, who have never outgrown the primordial practice of human sacrifices.Ф
Ever since their first publication, Ayn RandТs works have had a major impact on the intellectual scene. Her new moralityЧthe ethics of rational self-interestЧchallenges the altruist-collectivist fashions of our day. Known as Objectivism, her unique philosophy is the underlying theme of her famous novels.

THE
VIRTUE
OF
SELFISHNESS

A New Concept of Egoism

by Ayn Rand

With Additional Articles
by Nathaniel Branden





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Contents
Contents 4
Introduction 5
1. The Objectivist Ethics 8
2. Mental Health versus Mysticism and Self-Sacrifice 21
3. The Ethics of Emergencies 26
4. The УConflictsФ of MenТs interests 31
5. IsnТt Everyone Selfish? 36
6. The Psychology of Pleasure 39
7. DoesnТt Life Require Compromise? 44
8. How Does One Lead a Rational Life in an irrational Society? 46
9. The Cult of Moral Grayness 49
10. Collectivized Ethics 52
11. The Monument Builders 56
12. ManТs Rights 60
13. Collectivized УRightsФ 66
14. The Nature of Government 70
15. Government Financing in a Free Society 75
16. The Divine Right of Stagnation 78
17. Racism 81
18. Counterfeit individualism 87
19. The Argument from intimidation 89