The Virtue of Selfishness: A New Concept of Egoism Audiobook (Free)

The provocative title of Ayn Rand’s The Virtue of Selfishness introduces an equally provocative thesis about ethics. Traditional ethics has always been dubious of self-interest, praising serves that are selfless in intent and calling serves that are motivated by self-interest amoral or immoral. Ayn Rand’s look at is strictly the opposite.

This assortment of nineteen essays is an effective summary of Ayn Rand’s philosophy, which retains the value of the average person over and above that of the state or any other collective. The thread running right through all the essays is certainly Rand’s definition of selfishness as “rational self-interest,” with the theory that you have the ideal to assure one’s very own survival, to pursue happiness, also to personal the fruits of one’s labor and never have to sacrifice these to others against one’s will.