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The Teenager’s Guide to the Morality of Self-Interest
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The Teenager’s Guide to the Morality of Self-Interest

Empowering Youth Through Rational Self-Interest: A Guide to Reclaiming Moral Autonomy

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Craig Biddle
Mar 21, 2016
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Author’s note: A version of this essay will be published as a short book later this year, and the work is divided into seventeen chapters accordingly. I’m prepublishing it here because I think readers of TOS will find it of interest. —CB

Introduction

“The morality of self-interest? That’s outrageous! You shouldn’t be reading such a corrupt book.” So might…

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