Ayn Rand

- Capitalism-and-national-ethnicity

- The Mike Wallace Interview with Ayn Rand

- Can selfish be a moral ideal?

- Ayn Rand interview Donahue

a) America, most men are repressors 

b) Men in America, want to look like hand of iron. But it's weakness.

c) If you truly achieved it than why shouldn't take credit.

d) President Carter smiles when it is something serious. It's like a nervous reaction.

e) If you watch a person on TV, at some point you will know them.

f) Altruism means putting others above yourself. What's wrong in suicide? What's wrong in giving up life?

g) For a good relation there should be no victims, no sacrifices.

h) It is ok to help other people, but sacrifice means giving something of value of you. It is not a problem to spend money for your spouse if she is of value to you. But it is not ok to be killed in order to save a neighbor.

i) It is not ok to not invest in gifted children's who are our future from all point of view and spend money on electoral gifts (Atlas Shrugged)

- America

- think

- capitalism

- Ayn Rand Donahue (1979)

a) every dictator is based on sacrifice and altruism

b) it is not a difference of opinion. It is a difference of life and death (look at Russia).

c) Check your premises. Check your main ideas behind your feelings.

- Self

how do you define selfishness? A - putting yourself first? probably not B - putting yourself first at the expense of another's short term manageable physical/ emotional challenge? probably not

C - putting yourself first at the expense of anothers insurmountable physical/ emotional challenge with potential long term material / cognitive damage when there are alternative solutions?

probably yes

the next question .. considering most people rush to "help" with their limited vision/ competence .. with little to no consideration of another's long term growth, should they be criticized more aggressively ?

- objectivism