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Audio by title virtueofselfishness

The Virtue of Selfishness or The Soul of Man Under Socialism

program date: 
Mon, 04/18/2011

 Joe and Clayton consider selfishness and altruism in the context of Ayn Rand's work. They bring in Oscar Wilde's 1891 essay "The Soul of Man Under Socialism" - which almost sounds like an essay Rand would write - as an alternative understanding of the same dynamics of altruism and self-determination that Rand uses to support laissez-faire capitalism and the rule of property.

11:15 minutes (10.31 MB)
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