Eudaimon in the Rough: Perfecting Rand's Egoism

Q1 Arts and Humanities

The Journal of Ayn Rand Studies Pub Date : 2020-11-01 DOI:10.5325/jaynrandstud.20.2.0452

Roger E. Bissell

引用次数: 3

Abstract

abstract:The author argues that Rand's ethical theory is much closer in essence to the eudaimonist, self-perfectionist perspectives of Aristotle and the neo-Aristotelians, Douglas Den Uyl and Douglas Rasmussen, than to the "selfish," egoistic ethics many assume to be her basic position. He discusses Rand's anti-hedonist and pro-rational selfishness positions as corollaries of man's life as the standard of moral value, as well as Rand's point that treating either happiness or personal benefit as the standard of moral value is a reversal of cause and effect. He also identifies the oppressive negativism in Rand's discussion of the seven canonical Objectivist virtues.

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艰难中的尤戴蒙：完善兰德的利己主义

作者认为，兰德的伦理理论在本质上更接近于亚里士多德和新亚里士多德学派(道格拉斯·登·尤伊尔和道格拉斯·拉斯穆森)的幸福论和自我完美主义观点，而不是许多人认为兰德的基本立场是“自私”的利己主义伦理。他讨论了兰德的反享乐主义和亲理性的自私立场作为人类生活的必然结果作为道德价值的标准，以及兰德的观点，即把幸福或个人利益作为道德价值的标准是因果关系的逆转。他还在兰德关于七种典型客观主义美德的讨论中发现了压抑的否定主义。

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The Journal of Ayn Rand Studies Arts and Humanities-Literature and Literary Theory

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