The Will To Live And Thrive

In her book, The Virtues Of Selfishness, Page 1x, Ayn Rand writes that each human wants to live, wants to pursue his own interests, and that he must work or starve: "Since nature does not provide man with an automatic form of survival, since he has to support his life by his own effort, the doctrine that concern with one's own interest is evil means that man's desire to live is evil--that man's life, as such is evil. No doctrine could be eviler than that. We are animals with many drives, but the drive to survive, to have food, shelter, sex and meaning are deep-rooted drives. It is not evil for each human to desire to live, make a living, better himself and pursue his own interest. It is evil for altruistic guilt-assigner to make him feel bad for making the pursuit if his own interests a priority assertion from him. We can be egoists, do our own thing as our primary priority, and that is quite honorable.