[Feiny]

Roscoe: I never mentioned altruism.

Objectivism holds that the fundamental standard for all relationships is the trader principle. This principle holds that we should interact with people on the basis of the values we can trade with them.

One clearly identifiable obligation is that of parents towards young children, who need to be looked after until they develop the ability to think rationally and independently. In having children of their own free will, parents take on this moral responsibility.

[Roscoe]

1. It is morally up to each individual to look out for number one, but not only number one.

2. Roscoe: I never mentioned altruism.

You invoked it, but without daring to call it by name.