Statements about the right and the good are statements about what is in fact right for human life or good for human life . The need for morality, according to Objectivism, arises from man's distinctive nature. Since man, unlike lower animals, does not automatically perform the actions necessary to satisfy his natural needs, he must exercise free choice to do so. But he is vastly more intelligent than the other animals, and this intelligence endows him with a mode of survival where the exercise of that intelligence plays the central role. Since the mind is an attribute of the individual , the continued existence of each person is ultimately, up to himself.
People morally ought to think for themselves .
This is the doctrine of rational egoism , or rational individualism. It is morally up to each individual to look out for number one, but not only number one. Objectivism rejects altruism , the theory that the most noble of actions are those that benefit others by means of the sacrifice of one's own values. No one has any moral claim to your time or money simply because they might need it. Morally speaking, you can't tell whether an action is good or evil just by looking at who benefits from it.