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noun
Objectivist position that, in order to promote one's own life, the morally proper beneficiary of one's own rational actions should be oneself.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, sciences
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noun
The conviction that it is moral to act for one's own good and that this is rationally in line with a greater good.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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