Psychological Egoism
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…choice of living for others (which is altruism) or expecting others to live for us (which is called ``selfishness''). Rand identified a third alternative: let each man live for his own sake, neither ``sacrificing himself to others nor others to himself.'' Rand held that if (and only if) people act morally and selfishly as she defined it, there is a harmony of interests among men that makes peace, benevolence, and, ultimately, general prosperity possible.
…choice of living for others (which is altruism) or expecting others to live for us (which is called ``selfishness''). Rand identified a third alternative: let each man live for his own sake, neither ``sacrificing himself to others nor others to himself.'' Rand held that if (and only if) people act morally and selfishly as she defined it, there is a harmony of interests among men that makes peace, benevolence, and, ultimately, general prosperity possible.
