Ayn Rand Quotes About Ethics
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Allies never trust each other, but that doesn't spoil their effectiveness.
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Hence the sterile, uninspiring futility of a great many theoretical discussions of ethics, and the resentment which many people feel towards such discussions: moral principles remain in their minds as floating abstractions, offering them a goal they cannot grasp and demanding that they reshape their souls in its image, thus leaving them with a burden of undefinable moral guilt.
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Every aspect of Western culture needs a new code of ethics - a rational ethics - as a precondition of rebirth.
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In order to live, man must act; in order to act, he must make choices; in order to make choices, he must define a code of values; in order to define a code of values, he must know what he is and where he is – i.e. he must know his own nature (including his means of knowledge) and the nature of the universe in which he acts – i.e. he needs metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, which means: philosophy. He cannot escape from this need; his only alternative is whether the philosophy guiding him is to be chosen by his mind or by chance.
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Ethics is a code of values which guide our choices and actions and determine the purpose and course of our lives.
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If one doesn't respect oneself one can have neither love nor respect for others.
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There's nothing of any importance in life — except how well you do your work. Nothing. Only that. Whatever else you are, will come from that. It's the only measure of human value.
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