No problem the author of this stupid book says: "at the core of the right-wing ideology that Rand spearheaded was a rejection of moral obligations to others."
That's demonstrably false. Here's one Rand quote that backs me up:
"The Objectivist ethics holds that the actor must always be the beneficiary of his action and that man must act for his own rational self-interest. But his right to do so is derived from his nature as man and from the function of moral values in human life—and, therefore, is applicable only in the context of a rational, objectively demonstrated and validated code of moral principles which define and determine his actual self-interest. It is not a license “to do as he pleases...” Rand from "The Virtue of Selfishness"
Then there's this from "For The New Intellectual": "Do you ask what moral obligation I owe to my fellow men? None—except the obligation I owe to myself, to material objects and to all of existence: rationality. I deal with men as my nature and theirs demands: by means of reason. I seek or desire nothing from them except such relations as they care to enter of their own voluntary choice. It is only with their mind that I can deal and only for my own self-interest, when they see that my interest coincides with theirs. When they don’t, I enter no relationship; I let dissenters go their way and I do not swerve from mine. I win by means of nothing but logic and I surrender to nothing but logic. I do not surrender my reason or deal with men who surrender theirs."
It sounds like Rand had some pretty solid ideas about her moral obligations to others to me. The author of that stupid book is lying when she said that Rand 'rejected' moral obligations to others. She just doesn't like what Rand had to say. Therefore the author is a bold faced liar.
Anything else I can do for you?
“Do you ask what moral obligation I owe to my fellow men? None—except the obligation I owe to myself, ...”
Pretty narcissistic to me. Epic fail regards refutation of the quote you claimed was a lie.