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  • 21Objectivism (Ayn Rand) — Objectivist philosophy redirects here. For other uses, see Objectivism (disambiguation). Objectivist movement …

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  • 22Opportunism — Opportunity Seized, Opportunity Missed. Engraving by Theodoor Galle, 1605. Contents 1 General definition …

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  • 23Alisa Zinov'yevna Rosenbaum — Ayn Rand Pour les articles homonymes, voir Rand. Ayn Rand …

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  • 24Ayn Rand — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Rand. Ayn Rand Portrait d Ayn Rand par l artiste Fioleda Prifti Nom de naissance Alissa Zinovievna Rosenbaum Naissance …

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  • 26Self-love — n. The love of one s self; desire for personal happiness; tendency to seek one s own benefit or advantage. Shak. [1913 Webster] Self love, the spring of motion, acts the soul. Pope. [1913 Webster] Syn: Selfishness. Usage: {Self love}, {Selfishne …

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  • 27Enlightened self-interest — is a philosophy in ethics which states that persons who act to further the interests of others (or the interests of the group or groups to which they belong), ultimately serve their own self interest. [ [http://www.adti.net/toc book/ch2 08.htm… …

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  • 28Objectivist ethics — The Objectivist ethics is a subset of the Objectivist philosophy formulated by Ayn Rand. Rand defined ethics as a code of values to guide man s choices and actions mdash;the choices and actions that determine the purpose and the course of his… …

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  • 29Rational egoism — is the thesis that the pursuit of one s own self interest is always rational. [Baier (1990), p. 201; Gert (1998), p. 69; Shaver (2002), §3; Moseley (2006), §2.] The view is a normative form of egoism. However, it is different from other forms of… …

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  • 30Selfism — refers to any philosophy, doctrine, or tendency that upholds explicitly selfish principles as being desirable. It is used pejoratively.Paul VitzThe term selfism was used extensively by conservative Christian critic Paul Vitz in his book . Vitz… …

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