Scrooge is deeply misguided about what makes up a good life, nevertheless, his interpersonal moral compass before the haunting was not at all out of shape. The Three Spirits of Christmas led him astray into a morality which implicitly denied his existence was for his own enjoyment; rather, they alluded it must be lived for others (which they falsely made out will be in his interest too so as to sugar the pill). No. As Rand declared with a full vigor for life: “Man must live for his own sake, neither sacrificing himself to others, nor sacrificing others to himself.” Scrooge embraced this rugged individualism before his haunting and he was right to do so.
This is an alternative reading of Christmas Carol through the eyes of Ayn Rand. It seems that both views, Charles Dickenson's and Ayn Rand's have some problems. There is another way to view Scrooge.