rational selfishness

noun

Definitions

  1. Objectivist position that, in order to promote one's own life, the morally proper…

    Objectivist position that, in order to promote one's own life, the morally proper beneficiary of one's own rational actions should be oneself.

    • The Objectivist ethics proudly advocates and upholds rational selfishness—which means: the values required for man’s survival qua man—...
  2. The conviction that it is moral to act for one's own good and that this is rationally in…

    The conviction that it is moral to act for one's own good and that this is rationally in line with a greater good.

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