Ayn Rand
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Novelist and philosopher (1905 to 1982) who founded Objectivism; The Virtue of Selfishness (1964) set out her ethics of rational self-interest.
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No one may initiate physical force against others (opens korrents.com)
“The basic political principle of the Objectivist ethics is: no man may initiate the use of physical force against others.”
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A person should always be the beneficiary of their own action and act in their rational self-interest (opens korrents.com)
“The Objectivist ethics holds that the actor must always be the beneficiary of his action and that man must act for his own rational self-interest.”
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Seeking self-interest in production is morally different from seeking it in robbery (opens korrents.com)
“There is a fundamental moral difference between a man who sees his self-interest in production and a man who sees it in robbery.”
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No one may initiate physical force against others (opens korrents.com)