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The Evil of Self-Sacrifice by Aaron Smith
Ayn Rand Institute Live!
English - May 04, 2022 15:00 - 35 minutes - 49.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 97 ratingsCourses Education Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Everyone knows that altruism — selfless sacrifice for the sake of others — is the essence of virtue, right? But what if, like the concept “selfishness,” our understanding of the true meaning of “altruism” and “sacrifice” is completely mistaken? What if these ideas are actually destructive and harmful? From Ayn Rand’s perspective, our whole way of thinking about morality needs to be radically rethought.Recorded at AynRandCon - Europe in London on April 2, 2022.