All 4 Uses of
double standard
in
Atlas Shrugged
- Then you will see the rise of the men of the double standard-the men who live by force, yet count on those who live by trade to create the value of their looted money-the men who are the hitchhikers of virtue.†
Chpt 2.2
- Didn't you call them the men of the double standard?†
Chpt 2.2 *
- But, like John, I'm simply complying with their moral code and refusing to grant them a double standard at my expense.†
Chpt 3.2
- Such is the secret core of your creed, the other half of your double standard: it is immoral to live by your own effort, but moral to live by the effort of others-it is immoral to consume your own product, but moral to consume the products of others-it is immoral to earn, but moral to mooch-it is the parasites who are the moral justification for the existence of the producers, but the existence of the parasites is an end in itself-it is evil to profit by achievement, but good to profit…†
Chpt 3.7
Definition:
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(double standard) an expectation that applies more strictly to one group than to another; (the term is usually used disapprovingly)