Author(s): Tara Smith
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Pages: 224
Binding: Paperback
Is virtue its own reward? If so, then we are compelled to follow ethical directives blindly, not because they are true but because somebody else (God, the Church, the government) says so. Nonsense, says philosophy professor Tara Smith in this compelling, readable book. Like Ayn Rand, Smith asserts that life is the reward of virtue. Smith remains consistent with Rand's ethics of rational self-interest, but builds upon it and also makes some unique psychological points. Highly recommended.