just to add another thought..in AA when we make amends we are taught that the victim of our transgression may not accept our amends. they may be sarcastic or be brutally verbally towards us. the important thing they remind us,AA, is that we had acknowledged and apologized to that person we have harmed. like "cleaning up our side of the street".
AA also teaches us that once we are aware of this character defect we need to strive to rid ourselves of the harmful behavior to others. that is another way of making amends. changing and improving our behaviors.

the only part of the article that i don't know if i agree with is repeated apologies to the same person. it's like keeping that person in that moment rather than getting on with their life as we should too. my T told me this re my son. i kept saying i'm sorry for all the things i did or didn't do while i was in the throes of alcoholism. T suggested i needed to move on and let my son off the hook rather than him saying, thank you, mom, over and over.

buffet's crticism of ayn rand i am not sure is aplicable either. it's been awhile since i read the fountainhead but i do know in atlas shrugged it was the rich and powerful that she criticized because they controlled others and their freedoms. she had a visionary approach to all that mankind can do in a negative way to others, imho. the chartacter in the book probably exhibited what she didn't believe in.
what say U?