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Date:      Thu, 22 Jun 2000 10:46:49 -0700
From:      "David Schwartz" <davids@webmaster.com>
To:        "Brett Glass" <brett@lariat.org>
Cc:        <chat@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   RE: Yet more attacks on BSD from Leibovitz
Message-ID:  <001501bfdc71$d7d1a880$021d85d1@youwant.to>
In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.2.20000622055447.04a564a0@localhost>

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Brett Glass wrote:

> The comparison to Ayn Rand is not flattering. Ayn Rand's "objectivism"
> justifies -- no, glorifies -- complete selfishness without regard for
> trivial matters such as ethics, law and order, personal integrity, etc.

	So you are saying that a person who valued themself as their highest goal
wouldn't also value integrity? You actually believe that ethics, for
example, is detrimental to a person, and so a truly selfish person would
shun ethics? (You think ethics are a necessary evil?)

> Don't believe that the end justifies the means? According to Rand, nice
> guys finish last, so you're obviously a loser.

	Err, huh? Are you saying that Ayn Rand argued that the end justifies the
means or that they don't? And what did Rand say about "nice guys"? What the
heck are you talking about?

	DS



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