Re: Altruism, Haiti & The Virtues of Selfishness

On 1/16/2010 7:53 PM, Bert Hyman wrote:
> In news:a9e331fd-eafb-469e-8581-8ea00175aa1d @&*$?%r5g2000yqb.googlegroups.com
> Immortalist wrote:
>
>> If altruism is unselfish concern for the welfare of others and the
>> opposite of selfishness, while Ayn Rand rejects altruism preferring
>> selfishness as a serious, rational, principled concern with one’s own
>> well-being, would she support helping the Haitians recover from their
>> catastrophe?
>>

charity isn’t bad, but being forced to give isn’t charity.

Is the Lottery, evil or selfish?

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