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The Virtue of Selfishness
by Ayn Rand
from Signet
Customer Reviews:
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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 
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The Liberal Journal? 
I am a great fan of the writing of Ayn Rand. I was very surprised when I looked this book up on Amazon and found, by way of description, only a review of the book by The Liberal Journal. Anyone with the least sense of logic and awareness of what Ayn Rand writes about should see the glaring flaw in offering a review by a group that represents the antithesis of what Ayn Rand stands for as a description of the book. Hello Amazon...are you listening?
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Secret questions, pointedly answered.
Spinning your wheels trying to understand existence? Maybe you have accepted some mad premises. Madness is resultant of refusing to think. Reality if fundamentally and irredeemably natural and therefore subject to causality, and therefor subject to human reasoning. The devil is in the details, and in this light, she has fought the devil himself. No mystic can say as much.
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An Excellent Collection of Essays on Objectivism
This book contains an excellent collection of essays on Ayn Rand's philosophy of Objectivism and is appropriate for anyone seeking to obtain a deeper understanding of her philosophy beyond reading her novels. A few of the best essays contained within include:
* The Objectivist Ethics -- this is Ayn Rand's presentation of her ethics of rational egoism (i.e., rational self-interest).
* The Ethics of Emergencies -- this is where Ayn Rand discusses how her philosophy applies to many "lifeboat"... more info
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Adolescent, juvenile philosophy 
Objectism appeals to an adolescent mind. An individual who has thought about self, non-self, life, meaning, spirituality, materialism ... in any meaningful way cannot but come to the realization that Rand's philosophy is woefully superficial and juvenile. Or so one might hope...
People who are ardent devotees of Rand always seem to impress me as a bit odd. Their personalities and characters seem shallow, robotic, cold, underdeveloped but at the same time they appear smug and self-satisfied.
It is... more info
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