Ayn Rand's Normative Ethics: The Virtuous Egoist

Ayn Rand is well known for advocating egoism, but the substance of that egoism�s instruction is rarely understood. Far from representing the rejection of morality, selfishness, in Rand�s view, actually demands the practice of a systematic code of ethics. This book explains the fundamental virtues that Rand considers vital for a person to achieve his objective well-being: rationality, honesty, independence, justice, integrity, productiveness, and pride. Tara Smith examines what each of these virtues consists in, why it is a virtue, and what it demands of a person in practice.

Author: Tara Smith
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 09/01/2007
Pages: 330
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780521705462

About the Author
Smith, Tara: - Tara Smith is Professor of philosophy at the University of Texas, Austin. She is the author of Moral Rights and Political Freedom and Viable Values: A Study of Life as the Root and Reward of Morality, and has contributed to such journals as The Journal of Philosophy, American Philosophical Quarterly, Social Philosophy and Policy, and Law and Philosophy.

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