This QnA session is from the talk, Why is Capitalism the only moral system? delivered on January 8, 2017 in Rotterdam, Netherlands. See the talk at https://youtu.be/r_cEJr6b2Bs

According to popular opinion, altruism should guide our actions and behavior, while selfishness should be condemned as a vice. But what if altruism actually serves self-interest. And selfishness could benefit others as well?

Ayn Rand regarded altruism as self-sacrifycing and detrimental to individual freedom and prosperity, with her philosophy of Objectivism. She made the case that Capitalism is the only moral system.

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