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Contra Ben Shapiro, Rational Self-Interest Is Not Hedonism

by Craig Biddle

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Craig Biddle
Jan 10, 2018
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In his recent interview with Dave Rubin, Ben Shapiro suggests that rational self-interest is just another name for hedonism.1 But that makes no sense. And Shapiro should (and likely does) know better.

Having been asked by Rubin whether he has any thoughts on Ayn Rand and Objectivism, Shapiro says that there are “very few expositors of capitalism who I thi…

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