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Is it bad selfishness? Viewing Angle

Surprisingly, I have found in the dictionary of the RAE with a definition somewhat subjective, turning on a mere denotative connotative meaning. Selfishness

(Del lat. Ego, self, and-ism)

1. m. Immoderate and excessive self-love, which disproportionately serve self-interest, heedless of others.

Objectively, selfishness is nothing but concern for their own interests. immoderate, excessive, beyond measure ... are subjective connotations that do not belong to the objective reality of selfishness. Obviously, this confusion objective reality of social convention is not the fault of the SAR, but rather subjective assessment carried out for a long time selfishness as "bad" and altruism as "good." Subjective assessment that is also irrational.

The meaning given to the word selfishness in the popular language is not merely wrong: it represents a devastating intellectual distortion, which is responsible, more than any other factor, of humanity's moral paralysis.

The Virtue of Selfishness, Ayn Rand

rational egoism (which is the true self, for the ego, the "I" is the reason) does not mean no harm others, and whether the benefit of the individual. According to Ayn \u200b\u200bRand, the true selfish not who sacrifice for others. Is that there is no need to use others in any way [...] The real selfish does not live for anyone else and does not ask anyone to live for him . Cynical selfishness, however, requires a sacrifice for others, while altruism requires one to sacrifice for others. Both are opposites, and imply the benefit of a part for the injury of another. Note that the "sacrifice" for important values \u200b\u200bis neither self sacrifice or altruism, it is the sacrifice for something worthless for oneself, without which your life would still have the same value.

Therefore, is it so bad selfishness as indicating social convention? No. Selfishness does not deprive anyone of anything, while altruism deprives man of the reward for his intelligence, saying that authorities have a moral duty to serve the incompetent and to sacrifice for the needs of others. But man, like being free, not in any way this moral duty.

Recrimination "You're so selfish" does not go against the receiver but the issuer itself. Basically means "I want / need to give me, and do not give me." One who criticizes the selfishness of others is nothing but a parasite slaver who has no regard for the freedom of men, it does not deal with free exchange and voluntary choice.

For all this, wherever it comes, social convention, the dogma , that altruism is "good thinking" is "bad", is an obstacle to the moral reasoning and for freedom of men.