Only where we ourselves are responsible for our own interests and are free to sacrifice them has our decision moral value. We are neither entitled to be unselfish at someone else's expense nor is there any merit in being unselfish if we have no choice. The members of a society who in all respects are made to do the good thing have no title to praise.


The Road to Serfdom (1944)

Friedrich Hayek Quotes

Only where we ourselves are responsible for our own interests and are free to sacrifice them has our decision moral value. We are neither entitled to ...

Only where we ourselves are responsible for our own interests and are free to sacrifice them has our decision moral value. We are neither entitled to ...

Only where we ourselves are responsible for our own interests and are free to sacrifice them has our decision moral value. We are neither entitled to ...

Only where we ourselves are responsible for our own interests and are free to sacrifice them has our decision moral value. We are neither entitled to ...