About the book: 1964 / Ayn Rand (1905–1982) - our former compatriot, the largest American writer, whose books had a powerful influence on the worldview of millions of people all over the world, the author of recognized bestsellers - “Atlas Shrugged”, “The Source”, “Hymn”, etc. The book “The Virtue of Selfishness” is a collection of articles written by Ayn Rand over the years and united by one theme - the defense of the concept of “reasonable selfishness "as the ethical basis of a free capitalist society. The author argues with remarkable vivacity and persuasiveness that only within a system that places individual rights and reason at the forefront can people freely develop and find happiness without being enslaved by dictators, the state and other people. This means that only such a system can be recognized as moral and corresponding to human nature..