Ethical Egoism: The Problem with Ayn Rand

Ian Land's controversial views and opinions on ethical self-interests release or forgive social conservative elites and are found guilty of unhappy people in society, including middle-class people, poor people and minority working people It is to feel compassion. I flattened the road. Rand wrote her theory decades ago, but her moral intriguing brand still appealed by some politicians and the upper class as the gospel, forming a stalemate in the government, between classes To form a deep relationship. Disagreement

Moral egoism is a philosophical belief that it is moral to act according to your own interests. This is a normative belief as this explains what things should be. Philosopher and author Ian Land believes that the fundamental basis of moral egoism is that personal life should have the highest moral value and should not be used as a sacrifice for someone else I will. • Medieval Western visual arts * are almost entirely religious in their theme, theme, image, and symbolism (ie Christian). The purpose of that definition is to respect the stories of Jesus, Mary, Disciple, and Saints. Art Christ on the theme of a medieval baby often portrays him as a miniature adult even to a baby, to show that his wisdom is far beyond his age.

Before that, I introduced the beginning of the principle of land individualism and self-interest (and Ayn Rand on Christian egoism: Part 1, here) (and another quotation). In two quotes (each from a personal letter), Land first admired Christianity by teaching the dignity of the human soul (self) and making the remuneration of individual souls a major concern. However, with two citations, Rand continues to explain the fundamental contradiction seen in the Christian philosophy: contradiction between the morality of Jesus individualism / selfishism education and altruism:

Rand claims reasonable self-interest, a certain moral self-interest brand. But she is against psychological egoism. It means always acting for our own interests, regardless of whether we are conscious or not. 8 The ethics advocated by Rand is neither automatic nor instinctive; on the contrary, it must be rational and selected. People can not survive in a random way, but because people must discover and practice the principles necessary to survive, people's own interests can not be determined by blind desires or arbitrary emergencies. . That is why objectiveist ethics is rational self-interest morality, or reasonable selfish morality. 9