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050	0		_aBJ1474 _b.R3 1964
082			_a171.9
100	1		_aRand, Ayn.
245	1	4	_aThe virtue of selfishness, _ba new concept of egoism. _cWith additional articles by Nathaniel Branden.
260			_a[New York] _bNew American Library _c1964.
300			_a144 p. _c18 cm.
490	0		_aA Signet book, P2602
505			_aThe objectivist ethics -- Mental health versus mysticism and self-sacrifice -- The ethics of emergencies -- The "conflicts" of men's interests -- Isn't everyone selfish -- The psychology of pleasure -- Doesn't life require compromise? -- How does one lead a rational life in an irrational society? -- The cult of moral grayness -- Collectivized ethics -- The monument builders -- Man's rights -- Collectivized "rights" -- The nature of government -- Government financing in a free society -- The divine right of stagnation -- Racism -- Counterfeit individualism -- The argument from intimidation.
520			_aAyn Rand set forth the moral principles of objectivism, the philosophy that holds man's life-- the life proper to a rational being-- as the standard of moral values and regards altruism as incompatible with man's nature, with the creative requirements of his survival, and with a free society.
650		0	_aEgoism.
700	1		_aBranden, Nathaniel.
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949			_aBJ1474 .R3 1964 _wLC _c1 _hEY8Z _i33039001159366
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