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Rand’s fallacy right here is to place the entire onus on altruism, rather than on Toohey’s underhanded energy to induce Katie’s guilt for wanting satisfaction from her job. When Katie confesses to her uncle that she feels responsible for wanting egotistical credit for carrying out good without having sincere satisfaction in her clients’ successes her “selfishness” seems typical and ignoble, not what Rand would think about genuine “selfishness” as joy in one’s work.

But wanting credit is one particular thing not getting gratified by clients’ successes is another latter getting inconsistent with Katie’s authentic benevolence. One particular of my college students… Continue reading