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[bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>]

What you just wtrote is part of the circularity of the selfishness debate.  
Greed would work if all did what was in their best interest, but because all 
are not capable, it is sometimes the better thing for one's self to help 
another.  It can be selfish to not be selfish,,,and on ...and 
on................


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--- On Sat, 12/6/08, Lynn Wigglesworth <lynnw1366 AT hotmail.com> wrote:

> From: Lynn Wigglesworth <lynnw1366 AT hotmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Homestead] National Debt Much > $100 Trillion & the 
> BondMarket Bubble
> To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Saturday, December 6, 2008, 1:47 PM
> >Atlas Shrugged is a wonderful read (overlooking the
> prose), and Rand was 
> >brilliant, but she did not have all of the answers. 
> Greed is not good, it 
> >is a vice.  Selfishness is only good in a philisophical
> sense, and the 
> >selfishness argument is actually >circular.
> 
> In Rand's philosophy, capitalism only worked because it
> was allowed to fall 
> flat on it's face if it failed. She would be horrified
> at the current 
> bailouts. Greed is only good  if it also serves the
> interests of other 
> people, too. Creating a superior product or  service
> because one is greedy 
> and wants lots of business  is a win/win for the producer
> and the customer. 
> Creating a shoddy product because of greed SHOULD put the
> producer out of 
> business fast. Today we bail them out, so they can keep
> being bad 
> capitalists. Sigh.
> 
> Lynn Wigglesworth 
> 
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