Is selfishness the solution to our country's problems? - Galt's Gulch

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Is selfishness the solution to our country's problems?

Posted by bigjim 12 years ago to Culture

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by Robert Pagliarini - Chicago Tribune

SOURCE URL: http://my.chicagotribune.com/#section/-1/article/p2p-73662000/

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Posted by Nietzsche 12 years ago

Good post. We can only hope that more will see the merit of this arguement.

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  Posted by ObjectiveAnalyst 12 years ago
  
  Hello Nietzsche,
  Hear, hear!
  By the way, I must confess among renowned philosophers I have done only a cursory examination of Nietzsche. Since you have chosen such a moniker I assume you are better versed. I would be very interested in reading your perspective on his contributions, if you are so inclined.
  Regards,
  O.A.
  
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    Posted by Nietzsche 12 years ago
    
    I see Nietzsche as a pragmatic skeptic. He was one of the first existentialist philosophers.
    
    Famous for proclaiming "God is dead" in "The Gay Science" 1882, he sought to redirect people's attention from an escapist, pain-free future world, to their inherent freedom in their present world.
    
    He encouraged enhancement of individual and cultural health rooted in the realities of the world in which we live rather than some mystical heaven. He argued for valuations that issue from a self-confident, self-governing, self-reinforcing, "Dionysian" primordial creativity - a joy in existence. "Life-affirmation" is at the core of his philosophy.
    
    I am particularly fond of Nietzsche's "How One Philosophizes with a Hammer" 1888.
    Essentially, test idols by tapping on them lightly... to determine whether they are hollow, or intact...
    
    Thank you for your interest.
    
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      Posted by ObjectiveAnalyst 12 years ago
      
      Please see my new thread "For Nietzsche:"
      Regards,
      O.A.
      
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Posted by wgingram1 12 years ago

Selfishness when used appropriately means only that you are looking out for your own interest and do no harm to another.
Liberals use their definition that Selfishness means looking our for others best interests and everyone shares your effort and benefits.

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