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Rand's Argument
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Rand's argument for ethical egoism: a person's life is that person's supreme value, and altruism, by demanding its sacrifice, fails to take the individual seriously.
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In Rand's telling, "live for others" converts a person into a means; egoism, she argues, respects the one life each person has.