10-25-2008, 08:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Inuzuka Skysword
@Underlined: One must value his own life above others in order to live. If he doesn't, then that person could ask him to kill himself and he would do it. You regard man as a "sacrificial animal" (Rand) if you believe he should care about others before himself.
@Bold: Yeah, that is because you got it completely wrong. Rand believes to pursue one's own happiness. Man has no determined duty to help others.
I have already shown the positives of capitalism in many, many other threads and I really don't feel like doing it right now. So here:
Capitalism — Ayn*Rand Lexicon |
@bold Oh, you mistook me ~ i don't want to discuss Ayn Rand's philo ~ i understand that i changed it to suit myself.
@underline Here's a question, same hypothetical people, the grandpa and little girl. He has the logic to reason that his life is not as valuable as that of the little girl, so if a choice has to be made, he makes the choice that will allow his line/blood/name to continue, which is in his best interests.
But, yeah, i know, that still boils down to what you're saying ~ it's just so damned hard to come to grips with the fact that, no matter what, we're selfish at the very core of our beings...
Last edited by WendyCal; 10-25-2008 at 08:23 PM.
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