The Objectivist Ethics
New York: Nathaniel Brandon Institute, (1961).
Price: $225.00
Softcover. First separate edition. Octavo. 19pp. Stapled printed self-wrappers. Owner name at top of front wrap, a little age-toned, and a small stain inside front wrap, near fine.
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Ayn Rand
birth name: Alissa Zinovievna Rosenbaum
born: 2/2/1905
died: 3/6/1982
Biography
Russian-born American writer who, in novels noted for their commercial success, presented her philosophy of objectivism, which held that all real achievement is the product of individual ability and effort, that laissez-faire capitalism is most congenial to the exercise of talent, and that selfishness is a virtue, altruism a vice. Her reversal of the traditional Judeo-Christian ethic won her a cult of followers. - Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literaturemore