An interesting aspect of Ayn Rand that is often overlooked is her ethics with respect to 'selling out.' Harsh criticism is often advanced, somewhat warranted in fact, toward her self-interest principle with regard to living only for oneself so that personal integrity-the idea that money is secondary to morals-is obscured. In my mind, it is this principle, often not engaged because of emphasis on her antisocial misgivings, that is her most important single theme in objectivism.
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