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EP #44 | Ayn Rand’s Critique of Nietzsche’s Ethics

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Are Human Beings Rational? Or Rational Individualism?

Rand argues that human beings are rational. We're capable of net productive, increasing the net stocko ue in the world. Should we encourage it? Or do we think that to the extent that we advocate egoism, we're setting ourselves up for conflict and domination and war? On all those issues, rand and nita are opposed. Rand believes in not only universal rights, but the equality of rights. Nita is having none of that. Here must one think profoundly to the very basis and resist all sentimental weakness.

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