{"id":26947,"title":"Ayn Rand, \"The Virtue of Selfishness\"","dimensions":"10,5 x 17,8 cm","date_begin":"1964-01-01","material":"","art_status_id":220,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":26,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":1,"stream_count":0,"collection":"Collection MHKA, Antwerp","cached_tag_list":"Monoculture Objectivism Ayn Rand","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAyn Rand, \u003cem\u003eThe Virtue of Selfishness\u003c/em\u003e, 1964\u003cbr /\u003e\r\nPublished by The New American Library\u003cbr /\u003e\r\nFirst edition\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n","date_end":null,"reference":"","stream_count_app":18,"permalink":"ayn-rand-the-virtue-of-selfishness","description_ca":"","short_description_ca":"","description_it":"","short_description_it":"","cached_primary_asset_url":"http://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/061/106/medium_500/Image000114.jpg?1598538816","cached_actor_names":"","hide_from_json":false,"prev_platform_id":null,"description_uk":"","short_description_uk":"","description_tr":null,"short_description_tr":null,"mhka_works":true,"category":{"en":"Book","nl":"Boek","fr":"Livre"},"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/061/106/large/Image000114.jpg?1598538816","poster_credits":"scan: (c) M HKA, Published by The New American Library","translations":[{"locale":"en","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe provocative title of this book embodies the core concept of Objectivist philosophy \u0026ndash; the \u0026quot;ethics of rational self-interest\u0026quot;. In this collection of articles, Rand argues for a new code of morality, based on rational concern with one\u0026rsquo;s own interests. According to Rand, morality is a matter of principle, a \u0026ldquo;code of black and white\u0026rdquo;, good or evil. Convinced in the perniciousness of any ambiguity, she sees, what she calls; \u0026ldquo;the cult of moral greyness\u0026rdquo; as the main symptom of moral decay. Evaluating egoism as the only reasonable ethics, she confronts it with the idea of self-sacrifice, or altruism, which she finds not only immoral, but absolutely incompatible with freedom, individual rights, and last but not least, capitalism. She also\u0026nbsp;introduces \u0026ldquo;the trader principle\u0026rdquo;, an ideal form for any kind of voluntary human relationship based on a free exchange, beneficial for both parties.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"nl","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003eDe provocerende titel van dit boek belichaamt het kernconcept van de objectivistische filosofie: de \u0026#39;ethiek van rationeel eigenbelang\u0026#39;. In deze verzameling artikelen pleit Rand voor een nieuwe morele code die gebaseerd is op de rationele zorg voor het eigenbelang. Volgens Rand is moraliteit een principekwestie, een \u0026#39;code van zwart en wit\u0026#39;, goed of kwaad. Ze is overtuigd van de verderfelijkheid van elke ambigu\u0026iuml;teit: wat ze \u0026ldquo;de cultus van morele grijsheid\u0026rdquo; noemt, ziet ze als het belangrijkste symptoom van moreel verval. Ze beschouwt ego\u0026iuml;sme als de enige redelijke ethiek en confronteert ego\u0026iuml;sme met het idee van zelfopoffering of altru\u0026iuml;sme, dat ze niet alleen immoreel vindt, maar absoluut onverenigbaar met vrijheid, individuele rechten en \u0026ndash; niet in de laatste plaats \u0026ndash; kapitalisme. Ze introduceert ook het \u0026lsquo;trader principle\u0026rsquo; (handelaarsprincipe), volgens haar een ideale vorm voor elk soort vrijwillige menselijke relatie, die gebaseerd is op vrije uitwisseling, en die gunstig is voor beide partijen.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"fr","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"ru","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"de","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"es","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"el","short_description":"","description":""}],"actors":[]}