> Ayn Rand's key point: "man does not live in a lifeboat -- in a world in which he must kill innocent men to survive."
> She also observes: "Under a dictatorship -- under force -- there is no such thing as morality. Morality ends where a gun begins.... Moral rules cannot be prescribed for these situations [lifeboats or dictatorships], because only life is the basis on which to establish a moral code."
> Ayn Rand's key point: "man does not live in a lifeboat -- in a world in which he must kill innocent men to survive."
> She also observes: "Under a dictatorship -- under force -- there is no such thing as morality. Morality ends where a gun begins.... Moral rules cannot be prescribed for these situations [lifeboats or dictatorships], because only life is the basis on which to establish a moral code."
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