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Tara Smith

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Tara A. Smith (born 1961) is a professor of philosophy and holder of the BB&T Chair for the Study of Objectivism and holder of the Anthem Foundation Fellowship for the Study of Objectivism at the University of Texas at Austin.

Smith specializes in moral and political theory. She did her undergraduate work at the University of Virginia and received her doctorate from Johns Hopkins University. Her published works include the books Viable Values: A Study of Life as the Root and Reward of Morality (2000), Moral Rights and Political Freedom (1995), and Ayn Rand's Normative Ethics: The Virtuous Egoist (2006). She is also a contributing author to several essay collections about Ayn Rand's novels. Smith has written in journals such as the Journal of ...more

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	Ayn Rand's Normative Ethics: The Virtuous Egoist 4.31 avg rating — 118 ratings — published 1969 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Viable Values: A Study of Life as the Root and Reward of Morality 4.40 avg rating — 70 ratings — published 2000 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Moral Rights and Political Freedom 4.52 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 1995 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Judicial Review in an Objective Legal System 4.44 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2015 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Saving Our Marriage By Sharing Each Other - Book One: An Erotic Tale Of Wife Swapping 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lesbian Erotica Bundle: Four XXX Lesbian Stories 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	My Oral Fixation: Cuckold Erotica 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Swingers Spa - Girlfriends Weekend: Lesbian Erotica 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Egoism without Permission: The Moral Psychology of Ayn Rand's Ethics 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The First Amendment: Essays on the Imperative of Intellectual Freedom by Tara Smith, Onkar Ghate, Gregory Salmieri really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“It is the fact that living organisms confront the alternative of life or death, then, that makes value both possible and necessary. This alternative make values possible because things could be valuable only on account of their effect on an organism’s life.”
― Tara Smith, Viable Values: A Study of Life as the Root and Reward of Morality

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“Ethical egoism is the thesis that a person should act to promote his own interest. More precisely, it is the view that each person’s primary moral obligation is to achieve his own well-being and he should not sacrifice his well-being for the well-being of others.”
― Tara Smith, Ayn Rand's Normative Ethics: The Virtuous Egoist

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“It is not sufficient to show that life mandates values; the fact that life allows for the possibility of values is crucial to exclude other conceivable grounds for values.”
― Tara Smith, Viable Values: A Study of Life as the Root and Reward of Morality

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