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Ayn Rand was very down on charity. Someone giving money to a soup kitchen to make the lives of poor people better would be a "second hander" who let their self
by Symmetry 3y ago
Ayn Rand was very down on charity. Someone giving money to a soup kitchen to make the lives of poor people better would be a "second hander" who let their self esteem get wrapped up in the lives of others. By contrast, it's not obvious what problem Ayn Rand would have with someone spending an hour of their time at a soup kitchen simply to be seen to be charitable for some selfish benefit, though in practice I don't think she'd like that either.
- teekert 3y agoImho wrong. Ayn Rand would have 0 problems with someone giving money to someone voluntarily, out of their own volition, as an act of freedom. It is only at gun point that she had a problem with it (the method of the looters). The second handlers are the Peter Keatings, the people who only think of what other people think of them and act on that (so people who act without personality or integrity). I do agree that her "heroes" would not likely take money unless there was some value to be exchanged against it (ie like in an investment). At least, that is how I interpreted it.