Prometheus: Ayn Rand's Ethic of Creation

Journal of Ayn Rand Studies 11 (1):3 - 18 (2011)
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Like Prometheus, Ayn Rand's heroes would seem valuable much less for what they do for themselves, than for others. I argue, first, however, that the ethical scheme implied by her treatment of these figures is properly classed as neither "egoist" nor "altruist,"for the value invested by the creator in his creation eludes both views. A more satisfactory Randian ethic of creation, it becomes clear, must involve a distinction between Nietzschean "self-reverence" versus mere "self-interest" and, much more substantially, Aristotle's distinction between those in whom "self-love" is good and those in whom it is not

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Egoism and/or Altruism.Merlin Jetton - 2013 - Journal of Ayn Rand Studies 13 (2):107-122.

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