The Virtue of Selfishness Chapter Abstracts for Teachers

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 119 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Virtue of Selfishness Chapter Abstracts for Teachers

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 119 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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Chapter 1, "The Objectivist Ethics", Ayn Rand (1961)

• Rand uses this first essay to introduce her theory of Objectivism as well as Objectivist ethics.

• Rand introduces her topic by discussing a more socially acceptable form of ethics, being altruism and self-sacrifice.

• Rand claims that society and philosophers invented "good" and "evil" in order to manipulate the actions of human beings.
• "Good" in the society Rand describes is the "good" that is "good for society" rather than what is good for the individual.

• Rand claims that societal standards go against basic human survival, and that no philosopher or scientist can explain why a person must adopt a particular code of ethics to survive as a human.

Chapter 2, "Mental Health versus Mysticism and Self-Sacrifice", Nathaniel Branden (1963)

• The second essay is titled "Mental Health versus Mysticism and Self-Sacrifice" by Rand's associate, Nathaniel Branden.

• Branden defines "Mental Health" as having the cognitive ability to...

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