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Subjectivity and Collective Objectivity

Objectivity , as Ayn Rand defined and clarified it, is a certain characteristic describing the use of one’s reason and the degree to which

Sep 30, 2010
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Andrew Bissell
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Thomas Paine's Influence on Ayn Rand

To my knowledge, Ayn Rand came somewhat independently to her own views. She may have imbibed Paine second-hand through such Old-Right

Sep 30, 2010
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2 Mins
Unemployment and Free Labor Markets

I am sorry that, living in Argentina as you do, you have suffered through a terrible economic collapse. But you were not living in anything

Sep 30, 2010
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2 Mins
Sports, Teams, and Collectivism

Sports are stylized, physical activities that call on a usually limited range of human talents, but they showcase excellence in the areas

Sep 30, 2010
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2 Mins
Sociobiology and Altruism

Sociobiology is the doctrine that we have fundamental behaviors and psychological characteristics that are explained by the incentives

Sep 30, 2010
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Social Security

If I understand the Bush administration's proposal from early 2005, it was intended to transition the Social Security system to something

Sep 30, 2010
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2 Mins
Suicide and Assisted Suicide

The question of the moral permissibility of suicide for an egoistic philosophy is fascinating. It is challenging for Objectivism , which

Sep 30, 2010
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William Dale
4 Mins
Sense-Perception

Perception gives one an integrated awareness of an entity, distinct from the background of everything else in the universe, in some form...

Sep 30, 2010
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Scholarship and Ayn Rand's Writing

It is my view that scholarly writing has several distinctive characteristics: It shows careful reading of primary sources and a thorough

Sep 30, 2010
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2 Mins
Spiritual Values

Objectivists mean by "spiritual values" those values that fulfill the needs of human consciousness. The word "spirit" indeed refers

Sep 30, 2010
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Relationships and Fidelity

Objectivism holds that honesty is one of the major virtues. In the end, one gains nothing by dishonesty; it leaves one trapped in a web of f

Sep 29, 2010
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Property Rights and Native Americans

Every initial property rights claim involves seizure of property, in a sense. As no property rights exist before property rights are founded

Sep 29, 2010
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William Thomas
3 Mins
Reparations for Slavery and Social Discrimination

Objectivism is totally opposed to racism. It is an individualist philosophy, and it holds that all people, first and foremost, should be....

Sep 29, 2010
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Rationalism and Objectivism

On the general level, Objectivism and Rationalism differ because the former is a philosophical system encompassing metaphysics, epistemology

Sep 29, 2010
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Shawn E. Klein
2 Mins
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
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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
Prohibitionism

To engage in rational philosophical discourse, one must understand and bear in mind the differences between the subjects of ethics and

Sep 29, 2010
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Andrew Bissell
3 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

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