tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post7631684528677049381..comments2024-03-30T00:09:27.602+13:00Comments on Not PC: Did Ayn Rand really want us to be selfish?Peter Cresswellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10699845031503699181noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-72862121095775389102017-02-03T12:07:18.724+13:002017-02-03T12:07:18.724+13:00Yes, agree: Gary's original and longer post at...Yes, agree: Gary's original and longer post at the Mises Daily, from which the version at FEE was edited down, had the better (though less provocative) headline -- which I needed to amend just for accuracy.Peter Cresswellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10699845031503699181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-42342834490219673982017-02-02T17:37:45.361+13:002017-02-02T17:37:45.361+13:00The content of the post is sound, but the headline...The content of the post is sound, but the headline appearing in the original FEE publication ("No, Ayn Rand did not want us to be selfish") confuses the message and almost ruins it. Ayn Rand *did* want us to be selfish, and that's very clear from her writings. It's just that she defined "selfishness" in a clear and simple way, without all the baggage others attach to the word. In short she didn't believe that lying, cheating, and generally acting like an asshole was in your self interest. Rather than accepting the ill-defined use of the term, and then trying to claim she wasn't selfish; he should have just stuck to explaining what she meant by 'selfish'. His article actually does that quite well, but you wouldn't know it from the heading. If the headline was instead "Ayn Rand wasn't against benevolence and generosity" that would be much more accurate.MarkThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06199883270652041621noreply@blogger.com