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New American Library, New York, Published 1964. Hardcover, xv, 207 pp.; 22 cm; First Printing.In Good+ condition with a Good+ dust jacket. Quarter-bound in dark blue cloth boards with a light blue cloth spine and dark blue lettering on the spine; mild shelf wear with light toning to the light blue spine cloth and along the edges. Binding is tight. Mild toning to the endpapers; pages otherwise unmarked. Pictorial dust jacket with a black background and pale green title lettering over a black-and-white photograph of Rand standing on a New York street on the front panel, and a charcoal portrait of Rand by Ilona reproduced on the rear panel; price intact at $4.50. A few small nicks and tears with light creasing along the edges, mild shelf wear, and mild color loss along the edges and at the top and bottom of the spine. Now in an archival quality (removable) Brodart cover.A collection of essays in which Ayn Rand sets forth the moral principles of Objectivism, the philosophy that holds man's life (the life proper to a rational being) as the standard of moral values and regards altruism as incompatible with man's nature, with the creative requirements of his survival, and with a free society. Includes nineteen essays drawn from The Objectivist Newsletter, with additional articles by Nathaniel Branden.Contents: Introduction; The Objectivist Ethics; Mental Health versus Mysticism and Self-Sacrifice; The Ethics of Emergencies; The "Conflicts" of Men's Interests; Isn't Everyone Selfish?; The Psychology of Pleasure; Doesn't Life Require Compromise?; How Does One Lead a Rational Life in an Irrational Society?; The Cult of Moral Grayness; Collectivized Ethics; The Monument Builders; Man's Rights; Collectivized "Rights"; The Nature of Government; Government Financing in a Free Society; The Divine Right of Stagnation; Racism; Counterfeit Individualism; The Argument from Intimidation; Index.