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Selfishness – to act in your self-interest – is not
immoral. It is
necessary for survival. To breath is selfish; to eat is
selfish; to love is selfish; to
live
is
selfish. Everything that is good for you is in your
self-interest. No one can survive without selfishness; no
one can take care of themselves without acting in their
own self-interest.
A morality of rational
and healthy selfishness means to act in your
self-interest without hurting anyone, and to respect
other people’s right to do the same. Each and every
individual exist for his/her own sake and has the right
to live his/her own life. You do not exist for your own
sake if your duty is to serve others. Without the right to act in your self-interest
you do not own yourself and cannot live your own life. A
morality of self-interest gives you the right to be free
and do what you want with your life instead of being a
slave.
To sacrifice others is
not in your real self-interest. A ruthless criminal
destroys his own life. Real and healthy selfishness does
not mean to be dishonest, narrow minded, short-sighted
and rude. It means to live a good and healthy life; to be
happy and achieve your own values.
To make self-sacrifice
the moral ideal means that humans should be sacrificed.
You are a member of the human race, thus to sacrifice
yourself is to sacrifice a human being. And to sacrifice other human
beings is the other side of the same coin. Self-sacrifice
and immorality goes hand in hand. Those who
want self-sacrifice to be the moral ideal want to justify
human sacrifice.
People who want power don’t
want you to be selfish because they want to control
you. Selfish people
follow their own mind instead of obeying a dictator. A
dictator’s goal is to turn people into puppets who
blindly obeys his wishes, and the altruist morality of
self-sacrifice makes it easier to achieve this goal.
People who believe they should sacrifice their own
interests and serve others can easily be
controlled.
”The
wishes and the selfishness of the individual must appear as
nothing and submit,” declares Hitler in Mein Kampf; a man must
“renounce putting forward his personal opinion and interests
and sacrifice both.” (Leonard Peikoff, The
Ominous Parallels,
p.68)
Evil people get more power when good people are
willing to give up their own interests. Evil people can
only be stopped if good people are selfish. It is only
rational and ethical selfishness that can prevent
irrational and unethical selfishness. The altruist
morality of self-sacrifice makes it easier for immoral
people to get what they want. The only way to stop them
is to protect your own interests. Don’t support your
enemies. It is immoral to support immoral people. Do
yourself and society a
favour:
be
selfish!
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“Contrary
to popular opinion, all healthy individuals are
selfish. Choosing to pursue the career of your
choice is selfish. Choosing to have children—or
not to have children—is selfish. Insisting on
freedom and individual rights, rather than
living under a dictatorship, is selfish.
Indeed, even ordinary behaviours such as
breathing, eating and avoiding an oncoming car
when crossing the street are selfish acts.
Without selfishness, none of us would survive
the day—much less a lifetime.” –
Michael J.
Hurd
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 Rachael & Richard Heller:
Healthy Selfishness – Getting the Life You Deserve Without
the Guilt. It´s time
to claim what everyone deserves: “A life in which you are
appreciated, given consideration, understanding, and
support – and most of all, a life in which you are free,”
according to Drs. Richard and Rachael Heller, best-selling
authors, professors, and counsellors. “We are
not
advocating selfishness;
we are advocating healthy selfishness, a self-concern for
those of us who are tired of spending our time and energy
indulging others.” Are you uncomfortable asserting such a
reasonable right? Many people are. Caught up in a culture
of self-denial, they trudge through life without joy or
hope. Healthy Selfishness serves as a personal coach for
the self-sacrificing, a guide to help release you from
feelings of emotional isolation, devaluation, and silent
anger by taking you step-by-step up the ladder of change
and self-reclamation.
Craig Biddle:
Loving Life; The Morality of Self-Interest and the Facts
that Support it. Loving Life demonstrates that morality is a
matter not of divine revelation or social convention or
personal opinion—but, rather, of the factual requirements
of human life and happiness. Biddle shows how a true
morality is derived logically from observable facts, what
in essence such a morality demands, and why it is a
matter of pure self-interest. “…challenging, informative,
thoughtful…. Loving Life is a fresh voice of reason….
Very highly recommended reading….’ —The Midwest Book
Review. “…clear, simple, and…succinct…. The author
performs effectively the difficult task of taking
abstract moral principles and concretizing them for
intelligent individuals who have little or no prior
knowledge of philosophy.” —The Intellectual
Activist. “From start to finish, Loving Life engages
the reader with its lively conversational style.” —The
Ayn Rand Bookstore
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