merjet Posted March 10, 2021 Report Share Posted March 10, 2021 (edited) Here is another article regarding Ayn Rand's ethical theory by two Iranians. It isn't a screed and is mostly fair. I don't like their label "ego-altruism" for their blend of egoism and altruism. I more like mutualism, which Henry Hazlitt used for his blend of egoism and altruism. Hazlitt coined "egaltruism" for the same concept, but liked mutualism more. (https://www.hazlitt.org/e-texts/morality/ch13.html). While the authors gave examples of P1 acting for the benefit of P2 or P2...Pn, such as when the latter are friends or teammates, I believe there are stronger ones, e.g. P1's kin, co-workers, or business partner. These more stronger illustrate mutualism when P1's goal and the goal(s) of P2...Pn are the same or mutually beneficial. Edited March 10, 2021 by merjet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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