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Kyle, that sounds like Ayn Rand-style “morality,” and it is rejected by most people, and certainly by most moral philosophers. There are circumstances where people willingly risk their lives for strangers — soldiers, firemen, regular people trying to save someone from drowning — that are clearly morally praiseworthy.

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Figs in Winter
Figs in Winter

Written by Figs in Winter

by Massimo Pigliucci, a scientist, philosopher, and Professor at the City College of New York. Exploring and practicing Stoicism & other philosophies of life.

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