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August 21, 2006

Eliminating the Altruistic Baggage by Joseph Rowlands

Coming from an altruistic culture, there are mental habits and assumptions that get carried with you even when you decide to adopt an ethics of rational self-interest. Here is a discussion of how these implict ideas can affect your worldview. This speech was delivered at The Objectivist Center/ The Atlas Society summer seminar in July of 2006. (Read more...)
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