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From: mms1646@acf4.UUCP (Michael M. Sykora)
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Subject: Re: Ayn Rand's derivation of her ethics
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Date: Thu, 25-Jul-85 16:49:00 EDT
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>/* mangoe@umcp-cs.UUCP (Charley Wingate) /  4:25 pm  Jul 21, 1985 */

>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.  

I believe you are right that there aren't many people (at least in the U.S.)
who advocate such a position with regard to what they consider their own
interests, but I believe there are many who accept others' definitions of
their own interest, i.e., philosophically they place others above themselves.

						Mike Sykora