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Rand and Anna Karenina

Ayn Rand indeed regarded Anna Karenina as her least favorite novel. She presented her negative analysis of Anna Karenina in the article...

Sep 29, 2010
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Michelle Fram-Cohen
2 Mins
Progressivism and Objectivism

If only Progressivism could be a genus of Objectivism! But, alas, no.The Progressive movement was originally an intellectual and political

Sep 29, 2010
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William Thomas
4 Mins
Pyramid of Ability and Individual Moral Worth

Objectivism holds that in a society in which people deal with each other by trade, there will exist a "pyramid of ability." It is a pyramid

Sep 29, 2010
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3 Mins
Pornography

There is not to my knowledge a well-established position on pornography in Objectivism . However, here is my attempt to give an Objectivist

Sep 28, 2010
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William Thomas
2 Mins
Poverty and Disabilities

The Objectivist answer to poverty and other social problems is: 1) create a society in which people have clear reasons to be responsible...

Sep 28, 2010
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William Thomas
3 Mins
Problems with Subjective Arguments for Statism

Subjective criteria like "I like it" of course can't be proven as you say. And that is, in fact, why they are wrong. I can't add any more..

Sep 28, 2010
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William Thomas
2 Mins
Organized Government

Please see our Q&A " What is the Objectivist View of Law and Government ?" which describes the general Objectivist approach to politics. Thi

Sep 28, 2010
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William Thomas
3 Mins
Polygamy

Objectivism does not have a fixed position on consensual polygamy. Note that I mean this answer to apply to polyandry (a committed relations

Sep 28, 2010
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William Thomas
3 Mins
Prisoner's Dilemma

First, let me remark that you are right that Objectivism doesn't share Singer's idea of interest. We can see this by looking at the real...

Sep 28, 2010
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William Thomas
4 Mins
Philosophy Scholarship and Rand

Ayn Rand is not a revered figure in academic philosophy at this time. But there is a growing body of scholarship on her ideas by academic

Sep 28, 2010
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William Thomas
2 Mins
Natural Rights

Rights are fundamental political principles. As such, they are based in morality. They summarize how human beings ought to be treated in a

Sep 28, 2010
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William Thomas
2 Mins
Objectivism and Individualism

"Individualism" is a term for classifying theories, such as ethical or social theories. Any theory that places the individual foremost or

Sep 28, 2010
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William Thomas
2 Mins
More on Animal Rights

Ayn Rand defined a right as a "moral principle defining and sanctioning a man's freedom of action in a social context" (The Virtue of

Sep 28, 2010
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Malini Kochhar
3 Mins
Cato and the Enlightenment Mind

One of the strangest stories in English literature is the rise and fall of Joseph Addison’s Cato, which was first performed in London in....

Sep 19, 2010
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Stephen Miller
10 Mins
Robert Nozick and the Good Fight

Whoever makes something, having bought or contracted for all other held resources used in the process…is entitled to it. The situation is no

Sep 9, 2010
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Dr. David Kelley
4 Mins
The Encyclopedia of Libertarianism

Individualism seemed to have few accomplishments and fewer adherents, back when I first encountered it, some forty-five years ago...

Sep 8, 2010
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8 Mins
Sidebar: Pioneers of Egalitarianism

Richard Henry Tawney (1880–1962) was a British historian who spent most of his career at the London School of Economics. He wrote widely on

Sep 8, 2010
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Dr. David Kelley
2 Mins
Dying of the Light

Among the repercussions of last September's terrorist attacks is a heightened awareness among Objectivists of a phenomenon we, as lovers of

Sep 7, 2010
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Richard Speer
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Not the Matrix, Pal

Spring 2009 -- If you’ve ever been queried by a skeptic who doubts the very existence of reality, you know how aggravating...

Sep 7, 2010
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Anja Hartleb
8 Mins
Beyond Good and Bad

February 2002 -- The virtue of selfishness has become a tough sell. Before September 11, one could score points for egoism by elaborating

Sep 7, 2010
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12 Mins

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