Why is it immoral for you to desire, but moral for others to do so? Wh…

Ayn Rand
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Why is it immoral for you to desire, but moral for others to do so? Why is it immoral to produce a value and keep it, but moral to give it away? And if it is not moral for you to keep a value, why is it moral for others to accept it? If you are selfless and virtuous when you give it, are they not selfish and vicious when they take it? ✨ Ayn Rand (1988). The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z, p.31, Penguin
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