Talk:The Virtue of Selfishness

Reception section

I removed the Critical Reception Section, the only thing in there was a reference to a modern library reader's poll which of course has nothing to do with reception by critics.Jtmeijer (talk) 12:47, 30 January 2011 (UTC)

I see the section has been expanded, I still think the poll is a bit ... typical ... but I'll let it stand for now.Jtmeijer (talk) 19:14, 19 February 2011 (UTC)

Again removed the reference the the reader's poll. Firstly, a reader's poll decades after publication hardly has anything to do with reception. Secondly, and in my eyes more importantly, the reader's poll shows a clear bias; this is especially clear in the novel poll at the same site which has 4 works by Rand and 3 by L.Ron Hubbard in it's top 10. A large discrepancy with the board's list.Jtmeijer (talk) 14:34, 3 March 2011 (UTC)

On the term "selfish"

Isn't Rand's use of the term more consistent with the Japanese sense of the term "selfishness" than the normal English or American sense? I see the word "selfish" appear in subtitles of Japanese anime films in which it seems to be used in strictly the Randian sense: to mean not unfairness to others in deference to one's self as we associate the term, but simply as a refusal to follow the crowd. I think this latter sense of "selfishness" is the sense Rand means more than the former. --134.193.112.62 (talk)