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Question: I would like to know how Objectivism is different from hedonism, at least as far as morality is concerned. They seem very similar
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Question: I would like to know how Objectivism is different from hedonism, at least as far as morality is concerned. They seem very similar
It is neither always wrong nor always right to hold off having sex until one is married. Whether it is right or wrong for you is a personal
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Objectivism is an individualist philosophy. It holds that each person is a rational animal and that all individuals....
Objectivism holds that each person's life is its own moral sanction, and that no one thrives in life except by living as a rational being...
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The distinction between judging actions as evil and judging people as evil is fully discussed in David Kelley's seminal essay Truth and.....
At the 2006 Summer Seminar of The Atlas Society, we were treated to a number of excellent presentations that addressed different aspects...
In Viable Values, Tara Smith sets forth an exposition of Ayn Rand's metaethical theory and defends it against competing views regarding the
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James Davison Hunter, a professor of sociology and religious studies at the University of Virginia and director of the Institute for
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Ayn Rand rejects altruism, the view that self-sacrifice is the moral ideal. She argues that the ultimate moral value, for each human individ
Ayn Rand rejects altruism, the view that self-sacrifice is the moral ideal. She argues that the ultimate moral value, for each human individ
Objectivists mean by "spiritual values" those values that fulfill the needs of human consciousness. The word "spirit" indeed refers