Reflections on Violence

Rand v. Utilitarianism - Ezra Klein

I think what Klein misses here is the serious anti-positivist strain in Rand's philosophy. Moreover, I think Rand was attempting to construct a socio-economic policy around Nietzsche's philosophy, of which I think is misguided at best. Nietzsche argued against life-denying morals but he did not deny the need for selflessness. He only stated that when the whole aim of a morality was to deny the self then you miss out on the point of selflessness. Rand, however, seems to think that only by being entirely selfish can one attain a true morality. Fucking utopian thinkers.