A summary of the doctrine of chivalry (and not only towards women)

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AS
the purpose of wisdom is to enlighten ignorance
AND AS
the purpose of wealth is to relieve poverty,
SO
the purpose of strength is to defend weakness.

This seems, once stated, all too obvious; but it is really revolutionary as compared with the apparently universal belief that the purpose of strength is to compel weakness.

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I disagree. I would say that the duty of the rich to care for the poor is a commonplace of current popular culture - think of "we are the world" and so on. Both Rand and Nietzsche are really fringe thinkers, although I think a lot more of him than of her, and even most of their followers do not really try to apply their philosophies in real life. Most of them treat them as a philosophical toy, to be put away with the other toys when real life and real human beings make an appearance.