In “Benevolence versus Altruism” (The Objectivist Newsletter, July 1962), Nathaniel Branden decried the “package deal” that links altruism
Altruism holds that man has no right to exist for his own sake, that service to others is the only justification of his existence, and that
Im Vorwort zu The Moral Basis of Individualism - einem Buch, das Ayn Rand 1943 für Bobbs-Merrill zu schreiben begann, aber nie fertig stellte - heißt es
In my last essay, I summarized some leading ideas of Auguste Comte, who coined the word “altruism” and defended the subordination of
A great many Republicans would be scared to death to recognize that altruism is the curse of the world and that as long as we go on
In a letter written on March 19, 1944, Ayn Rand remarked: “Fascism, Nazism, Communism and Socialism are only superficial variations of the s
Ich habe Ayn Rand nie getroffen. Ich habe sie nie persönlich gesehen. Ich habe nie mit ihr korrespondiert. Und doch sollte diese Frau einen tiefgreifenden Einfluss auf mein Leben ausüben.