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The Virtue of Selfishness

by Ayn Rand

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The Virtue of Selfishness: A New Concept of Egoism is a 1964 collection of essays by the Russian-born American philosopher Ayn Rand and the Canadian-American writer Nathaniel Branden. Most of the essays originally appeared in The Objectivist Newsletter. The book covers ethical issues from the perspective of Rand's Objectivist philosophy. Some of its themes include the identification and validation of egoism as a rational code of ethics, the destructiveness of altruism, and the nature of a proper government.

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