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To: LindyBill who wrote (486505)5/9/2012 6:49:14 PM
From: The Dodgy Ticker3 Recommendations  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 793835
 
Who is to say your self interest is "greedy" and by what standard?


I think the best judgement of that is self-judgement. I think the best parable involving greed is Dickens' "A Christmas Carol."
What it showed is that greed gets in the way of self-interest.



To: LindyBill who wrote (486505)5/9/2012 7:01:05 PM
From: The Dodgy Ticker3 Recommendations  Respond to of 793835
 
Rand covered this well, but people have a very hard time with it, especially if they are religious.

I agree, and I also think, as brilliant as she was, she had a blind spot involving compassion, which is a crucial part of our existence. She didn't, perhaps couldn't, explore what happens when self-interest, no different from greed in her books, increases without limit. The Greeks didn't value moderation in all things without reason.


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