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From: mangoe@umcp-cs.UUCP (Charley Wingate)
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Subject: Re: Ayn Rand's derivation of her ethics
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In article <3978@alice.UUCP> ark@alice.UUCP (Andrew Koenig) writes:

>What she unfailingly denounced as evil is the common consequence
>of that belief:  people who say "I believe that everyone else's
>life is more important to me than my own.  Therefore, YOU should
>believe that everyone else's life is more important to you than
>your own."  THAT is the view of her villains.

Is this belief really common?  I can't say that I've heard of anyone (when I
properly understood them) who advocated such a position, much less lived by
it.  

>Scrimping and saving to put your kids through college is not a
>sacrifice.  Giving everything you own to a bum on the street is.

This is a strange use of the word "sacrifice" which I have not heard of
before.  Whether or not saving to send your kids through college is a
sacrifice depends on your priorities.  It also depends on your means.
Giving 1% of your income to charity is, I submit, not a sacrifice if you
make over a million dollars a year.

Charley Wingate