 Cover of the 1964 Signet Books edition | |
| Author | Ayn Rand |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Subject | Ethics |
| Publisher | New American Library |
Publication date | 1964 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 173 (Centennial edition) |
| ISBN | 0-451-16393-1 (Centennial edition) |
| OCLC | 183461 |
The Virtue of Selfishness: A New Concept of Egoism is a 1964 collection of essays by the philosopher Ayn Rand and the writer Nathaniel Branden. Most of the essays originally appeared in The Objectivist Newsletter. The book covers ethical issues from the perspective of Rand's Objectivist philosophy. Some of its themes include the identification and validation of egoism as a rational code of ethics, the destructiveness of altruism, and the nature of a proper government.