[thinktwice]

And Rand basically says that what happens to you -- and what I do to you, should have no bearing on my moral calculations.

That is either ignorance or an outright lie.

[r9etb]

That is either ignorance or an outright lie.

It's neither. It follows directly from Rand's statement that "man -- every man -- is an end in himself." If I have to consider you in my moral calculations, then I am no longer an end in myself.