Just bought the kindle edition.

It ain't easy bein green...

“AR defined altruism as a requirement to give oneself for others.”

I originally assumed that what you wrote is what Ayn Rand actually said about altruism.
I did a google search on what you said Ayn Rand used for the definition and got no matches at all.
I wouldn't use that as what Ayn Rand actually said but more likely as a form of what others have said Ayn Rand said.

Sorry, I missed that particular AR definition. Could you point it out? I tend to want to look at the actual quotes of what people said and not what people say they said.

Wikis use collective voting systems so you shouldn't trust them or other such sources for total truth.

How would an individual's choice to practice altruism be slavery or bondage? It only becomes so when when some other person or group demands “social altruism” for "the greater good" or such.

I might have turned the end slightly, and said one of the following -
A: Well, then, tell me what part of what you earn belongs to me.
or the less polite
B. So some of what you earn belongs to me - your wallet, please?
I like to make it personal.

The Latin teacher [or reader] has an advantage: the "lege" part of the word "privilege" comes from the Latin word lex, legis [the "legis" part is what gets used] which has no "d". Therefore, privilege.

Hahaha! I'm green. No. Really. Light olive.

That's a +1

Unnhuh, I'm pink.

It'll make you feel better about yourself, God says you have to tithe, it's your 'fair share', you owe it to the society that allowed you to earn it, blah-blah, etc.

Hahaha!! I love that!

I write 'human' in that space.

But there is one in fridge, however, NOT refrigerator.

Unless he really was a black woman. What happens then?? A conservative black woman would cause the Richter libtard scale to overload.

One hundred percent true. There is actually no such thing as social justice. Filling out an application, whether it's for a job or for college, I think is invasive in the extreme. The questions of ethnicity should be obliterated! Merit should be the only governing factor in deciding on the worthiness of a potential employee or student. Period. There is no bias. Gender should not be a factor either. Leave those spaces blank next time you have to fill out a form. Do it and see the person who has to go over it squirm. That would be an excellent lesson in showing that " social justice" is nothing but a divisive sham being used to herd the sheeple.

She did study and learn from other philosophies--particularly what didn't work and what led to irrational and illogical behavior. Because some are taught from their earliest age that something is positive--even when shown that their learned definitions aren't right or even reasoned--they actually try to do the subversion.

Right on Herb; Altruism or selflessness is the opposite of selfishness or rational self-interest and posing it as a virtue is evil.

Delayed gratification is one sign of a sane and rational person.