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To: vannrox
>These "objectivists" argue that altruism is a negative thing and that selflessness is somehow wrong.
>They are either high altitude intellectuals capable of ignoring the weight of human philosphical thought or they are just plain evil.
> Our Lord did not teach self interest above all, indeed this "objectivism" is the very antithesis of God's plan for human well being.
4 posted on 07/14/2002 9:32:43 AM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin
Been studying "It Takes a Village"?
5 posted on 07/14/2002 9:37:22 AM PDT by APBaer
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To: BenLurkin
ignoring the weight of human philosphical thought

The concept of self-sacrifice as something one ought to do to be 'good' is the great evil here.

6 posted on 07/14/2002 9:46:49 AM PDT by RJCogburn
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