The four main pillars of Ayn Rand's philosophical system called Objectivism are reality, reason, self-interest, and capitalism.
The first pillar means that reality is objective. It is not just a social construct. The first premise of everything must be that existence exists.
Reason is humanity's asset in the all too real world. We have to consciously choose to employ it.
Self-interest is Rand's protest against the conventional, hypocritical morality. In her view, we must give up on living for others, or for causes. Our self-interest is our ultimate goal and motivator.
Capitalism as an economic and social system is for Rand the perfect embodiment of liberty. Of course, governments mustn't interfere; it has to be a laissez-faire capitalism.
I think it is a noun phrase, and not appositive.
Articles in the reader's guild are organized Chronologically by date publication.
Answer:
Reporting on good deeds may change society’s expectations about performing them.
Explanation:
"Putting Good Deeds in Headlines May Not Be So Good" is an article written by Tovia Smith. In his report, Smith says that when good deeds are publicized, one dimishes the value of being good or doing good deeds. While interviewing an expert, the expert said to Smith that when the good deeds, which should be an ordinary norm, is portrayed as extraordinary, it brings moral inflation. Performing good deeds should not be made an extraordinary thing as it poses the danger of creating expectations of not doing good.
People should perform good deeds as a normal standard, as a human being, and not to get a celebrity treatment.
Thus, the central idea of the article is that reporting about good deeds pose the threat of changing society's view on performing them as well.
