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Modernized Stoicism Critiqued

The Ayn Rand Institute Podcast

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The Dog Chained to a Cart

Stoicism allows people to keep their altruism, and i think it's one of the appeals of stoicism. The idea that you should place others above self has just infused the whole moral philosophy of the west for a couple f thousand years. So often people equate morality with altruism. I mean, i think that perspective is wrong, the wrong way to look ata morality, but it's widespread. And when people adopt stoicism, they realize, whell, i don't have to give up that perspective and really adopt something radical.

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