# Ayn Rand and Altruism, Part 4

**URL:** <https://www.libertarianism.org/podcasts/excursions/ayn-rand-and-altruism-part-4>

**By** George H. Smith

**Published:** July 29, 2015

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George H. Smith discusses Ayn Rand’s notion of self-sacrifice and the crucial role that duty played in her theory of altruism.

[Originally published in essay form on November 13, 2012.](https://www.libertarianism.org/essays/excursions/ayn-rand-altruism-part-4)

_Narrated by James Foster._