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Dewey Decimal Number: 520 EAN: 9780521262095 Edition: 2 ISBN: 0521262097 Label: Cambridge University Press Manufacturer: Cambridge University Press Number Of Pages: 275 Publication Date: May 31, 1985 Publisher: Cambridge University Press Studio: Cambridge University Press Editorial Review: Product Description: Ayn Rand is well known for advocating egoism, but the substance of that egoism�s instruction is rarely understood. Far from representing the rejection of morality, selfishness, in Rand�s view, actually demands the practice of a systematic code of ethics. This book explains the fundamental virtues that Rand considers vital for a person to achieve his objective well-being: rationality, honesty, independence, justice, integrity, productiveness, and pride. Tara Smith examines what each of these virtues consists in, why it is a virtue, and what it demands of a person in practice. Book Description: This book explains the fundamental virtues that Rand considers vital for a person to achieve his objective well-being: rationality, honesty, independence, justice, integrity, productiveness, and pride. Tara Smith examines what each of these virtues consists in, why it is a virtue, and what it demands of a person in practice. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Definitive Work on Clarifying Rational EgoismThis book should be next on your reading list if you want an in-depth and rigorous study of Ayn Rand's ethics of Rational Egoism beyond what you can glean from reading Ayn Rand's novels and non-fiction essays. First of all, although this book is philosophically rigorous, it is highly readable. Personally speaking, I thought reading this book was a pleasure. This book offers a detailed understanding of the Objectivist principles of *how* one should be moral. The first chapter is a useful ... Read More Rating: - Quite UsefulThe author sets out to analyze, integrate, and present systematically the whole Objectivist ethics, and she succeeds admirably. This book will be useful to the Objectivist who wants to understand more deeply the logical implications of Miss Rand's rational egoism and consider how to live egoistically. It will also be useful to anyone grappling to understand the Objectivist ethics (e.g. the reader of The Fountainhead who senses Howard Roark's greatness but struggles to reconcile it with selfishness, having ... Read More Rating: - an important work, well worth every penny and minuteNoting how recent scholarly work in ethics dances around the edges of seriously grappling with egoism, Dr. Smith offers the invitation: Why not judge ethical egoism by squarely confronting it in its most powerful and consistent form? Thus her comprehensive, systematic presentation of Ayn Rand's ethics. This book is particularly welcome because important elements of Rand's ethical thought are scattered among her novels and various essays, with further illumination sprinkled in her journals, her live Q&A, ... Read More Rating:  - The Price of VirtueProf. Tara Smith follows up her defense of Ayn Rand's metaethics (VIABLE VALUES) with this work devoted to the normative ethics of Objectivism. Smith starts with an excellent point. There have been versions of egoism throughout history. However, there have been few which are non-predatory and rights-respecting. The most prominent and influential version that kind of egoism is Ayn Rand's. Why not discuss the most consistent version of ethical egoism? As an exposition of Rand's ... Read More |
