Honesty, I believe people should start with “the virtue of selfishness” first when it comes to Rand.

Have you read Anthem yet?

https://pastebin.com/QvcxREdJ Or for long form argument: Philosophy Lao Tzu - Tao te Ching Aristotle - Nichomachean Ethics Leonard Peikoff - Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand Richard Dawkins - The Selfish Gene (but IMO ignore his appeals to post-theist Christian ethics) Liberty Politics Eti...

https://primal.net/e/note1y8a4sakg0a4mrhmph3wg6p75zjavmscrvf7smw4xwlfz36nyxaqqu9d563

How is it going?