Objectivist ethics

The Objectivist ethics is a subset of the Objectivist philosophy formulated by Ayn Rand. Rand defined "ethics" as "a code of values to guide man's choices and actions — the choices and actions that determine the purpose and the course of his life." She sometimes referred to the Objectivist ethics in particular as "selfishness," as reflected in the title of her primary book on ethics, The Virtue of Selfishness. However, she did not use that term with the negative connotations that it usually has, but to refer to a form of rational egoism.

References

• {{Book reference | Author=Rand, Ayn | Title=The Virtue of Selfishness: A New Concept of Egoism | Publisher=New York: New American Library | Year=1964 | ID=ISBN 0-451-16393-1}}
• {{Book reference | Author=Rand, Ayn | Title=Atlas Shrugged (35th Anniversary Edition) | Publisher=New York: New American Library | Year=1992 | ID=ISBN 0-451-19114-5}}
• {{Book reference | Author=Smith, Tara | Title=Viable Values: A Study of Life as the Root and Reward of Morality | Publisher=Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield | Year=2000 | ID=ISBN 0-8476-9760-6}}
• {{Book reference | Author=Biddle, Craig | Title=Loving Life: The Morality Of Self-Interest And The Facts That Support It | Publisher=Glen Allen, Virginia: Glen Allen Press | Year=2002 | ID=ISBN 0-9713737-0-1}}