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>>11347388
>Her lack of understanding of Kant or Descartes for example is blatantly.

Care to explain this point?


During a philosophy course I was enrolled in the professor claimed that Rand's ethical egoism was the equivalent to solely caring for yourself and never helping others. After I heard this, I raised my hand and mentioned that according to Rand, a person can be rationally self-interested in the success of another person. In this instance, helping them is justified because it is what you actually want to do.

For some reason, the entire class just laughed at me.