# Ayn Rand and Altruism, Part 2

**URL:** <https://www.libertarianism.org/podcasts/excursions/ayn-rand-and-altruism-part-2>

**By** George H. Smith

**Published:** July 15, 2015

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George H. Smith discusses one of Rand’s major objections to both altruism and the traditional concept of egoism.

[Originally published in essay form on October 30, 2012.](https://www.libertarianism.org/essays/excursions/ayn-rand-altruism-part-2)

_Narrated by James Foster._