http://rationalmorality.info/?p=182 Ensuring Continued Co-Existence Thu, 20 May 2010 13:28:03 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://rationalmorality.info/?p=182&cpage=1#comment-1190 Rational Morality » The unfortunate etymology of ’selfishness’ in objectivist ethics Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:39:51 +0000 http://rationalmorality.info/?p=182#comment-1190 [...] As shown above – and as Rand would have to agree – the proclaimed virtue of selfishness in Rand’s interpretation, as well as her advocating laissez fair capitalism, would have to be rethought should new evidence suggest that these ideals are based on errors in reasoning. As I have demonstrated in my brief excursion into laissez fair capitalism, Rand’s reasoning breaks down when it becomes apparent, that not all coercion has to be physical and that self interest alone, is not sufficient to prevent individuals as well as institutions, blinded by short term gains and deluded by errors in reasoning, from hanging themselves and others when given enough rope. [...] [...] As shown above – and as Rand would have to agree – the proclaimed virtue of selfishness in Rand’s interpretation, as well as her advocating laissez fair capitalism, would have to be rethought should new evidence suggest that these ideals are based on errors in reasoning. As I have demonstrated in my brief excursion into laissez fair capitalism, Rand’s reasoning breaks down when it becomes apparent, that not all coercion has to be physical and that self interest alone, is not sufficient to prevent individuals as well as institutions, blinded by short term gains and deluded by errors in reasoning, from hanging themselves and others when given enough rope. [...]

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