Ayn Rand’s normative ethics: The virtuous egoist

Ayn Rand's Normative Ethics: The Virtuous Egoist

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 1-318

  Smith, Tara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781139167352     Document Type: Book

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