Comments on: The Troubled Economics of Ayn Rand http://www.mskousen.com/2001/01/321/ Mark Skousen's Website for the Best of Money and Economics Sat, 21 Jan 2012 22:25:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Ayn Rand, Shrugged » First Thoughts | A First Things Blog http://www.mskousen.com/2001/01/321/comment-page-1/#comment-972 Ayn Rand, Shrugged » First Thoughts | A First Things Blog Wed, 08 Jun 2011 14:01:48 +0000 http://www.mskousen.com/?p=321#comment-972 [...] attitude can hardly be considered a solid foundation for capitalism. As the libertarian economist Mark Skousen observes in a critique of Rand: the goal of all rational entrepreneurship must be to satisfy the [...] [...] attitude can hardly be considered a solid foundation for capitalism. As the libertarian economist Mark Skousen observes in a critique of Rand: the goal of all rational entrepreneurship must be to satisfy the [...]

]]> By: cher Mac http://www.mskousen.com/2001/01/321/comment-page-1/#comment-194 cher Mac Mon, 28 Jun 2010 14:49:37 +0000 http://www.mskousen.com/?p=321#comment-194 Fact: Ayn Rand was basically an "ethical egoist". This means that she followed two guiding principals: (1) Self interest WITH integrity, and (2) NOT "sacrificing" others to reach an end. This infers that only selfish acts with LONG TERM benefits are acceptable... you can't become a thief and claim you're an ethical egoist. Integrity, by the way, means "consistency of actions, values, principles and outcomes" -- the opposite of hypocrisy. Fact: Ayn Rand was basically an “ethical egoist”. This means that she followed two guiding principals: (1) Self interest WITH integrity, and (2) NOT “sacrificing” others to reach an end. This infers that only selfish acts with LONG TERM benefits are acceptable… you can’t become a thief and claim you’re an ethical egoist.

Integrity, by the way, means “consistency of actions, values, principles and outcomes” — the opposite of hypocrisy.

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