tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7747471258162417812.post3296521982137607285..comments2008-12-10T11:20:15.090-05:00Comments on Michael Garofalo: libertarianismMichael Garofalohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00146823907447991643noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7747471258162417812.post-68136630242546784832008-12-10T11:20:00.000-05:002008-12-10T11:20:00.000-05:00Oh? Of the people I talked to here prior to writin...Oh? Of the people I talked to here prior to writing the post (and my perception has not changed), only one had read any of her non-fiction and knew of four or five others who had.<BR/><BR/>And on the denial of altruism, I contend that everything people do is to benefit themselves. That doesn't mean that they cannot do anything to benefit others; it means that when they do things to benefit others, they have a selfish motive. That's not cynical, it's realistic. Even if the motive is being nice, people do it because they like being nice or because being nice is right and doing right things is good and they like being good. It all comes back to a selfish motive, and that's not a bad thing - it's just the way it is.Michael Garofalohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00146823907447991643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7747471258162417812.post-26260882493569410442008-12-10T11:13:00.000-05:002008-12-10T11:13:00.000-05:00This post is almost universally incorrect, from yo...This post is almost universally incorrect, from your assertion that no one else has read Ayn Rand's nonfiction work to your denial of altruism.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16941751193039667096noreply@blogger.com