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    Objectivism Is The Everyman's Philosophy

    In the universe, what you see is what you get,

    figuring it out for yourself is the way to happiness,

    and each person's independence is respected by all

  • Rand's Philosophy in Her Own Words

    • "Metaphysics: Objective Reality" "Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed/Wishing won’t make it so." "The universe exists independent of consciousness"
    • "Epistemology: Reason" "You can’t eat your cake and have it, too." "Thinking is man’s only basic virtue"
    • "Ethics: Self-interest" "Man is an end in himself." "Man must act for his own rational self-interest" "The purpose of morality is to teach you[...] to enjoy yourself and live"
    • "Politics: Capitalism" "Give me liberty or give me death." "If life on earth is [a man's] purpose, he has a right to live as a rational being"

  • Objectivism Online Chat

    Facebook

    Boydstun
    By Boydstun,
    I joined Facebook originally in order to get access to particulars of certain Objectivist gigs that, some years back, were being announced outside of Facebook, but to get the particulars you had to be able to get into the link to Facebook, which in those days required FB membership. I had not intended to do any socializing there. I had used my real name, and after a few months of being on there, a long-time real-life friend found me and made Friend request to me, which I accepted. Next thing you

    A new Staff Member/Moderator

    AlexL
    By AlexL,
    @Pokyt is a new Staff Member and Moderator. This doesn't (yet?) appear in his profile. His profile specifies only Newbee and  Unfortunately, there was no prior notice about this addition to the Staff Member and Moderator.

    Reblogged:Marco Rubio, Social Democrat

    Gus Van Horn blog
    By Gus Van Horn blog,
    Marco Rubio, whom I once regarded as potential presidential material, has popped up as the author of an editorial in Compact magazine, whose about page openly claims as a virtue that:This outfit admits publishing pieces from authors with whom it disagrees, but even the most cursory look will show that Rubio's piece isn't one of them. His piece, disappointingly -- but not surprisingly given how easily its author crumbled and capitulated under Donald Trump's nickname of Little Marco -- fits right

    Moore v. Harper

    Boydstun
    By Boydstun,
    Moore v. Harper seems to be the most important of decisions reached by the US Supreme Court in 2023. (ROBERTS, C. J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which SOTOMAYOR, KAGAN, KAVANAUGH, BARRETT, and JACKSON, JJ., joined. KAVANAUGH, J., filed a concurring opinion. THOMAS, J., filed a dissenting opinion in which GORSUCH, J., joined, and in which ALITO, J., joined as to Part I.)

    cultural relativism

    klara
    By klara,
    hi..started writing this essay on cultural relativism but not sure whether everything looks good..will appreciate any feedback..many thanks Cultural relativism is the idea that different cultures have different moral codes. What one group might accept as morally correct might be abhorrent to another and vice versa To this end, author James Rachels explains that a “universal truth in ethics...is a myth” and this is because morals and ethics are entirely culturally based. In order to deem on

    Reblogged:What Frightens Today's Right?

    Gus Van Horn blog
    By Gus Van Horn blog,
    Anyone who, like me, has been left politically homeless by the mindless lurch of the conservative movement to theocratic/nationalist populism, knows that just about the only things conservatives get excited about these days are banning abortion, Trump!, and banning immigration. But what do they dread? In the vein of understanding today's right, it might be useful to take a look. Capitalizing on last week's find of sites that today's barely-recognizable "right" regards as "better than Drudge."

    Reblogged:Man Gets Damages for Ridiculous Arrest

    Gus Van Horn blog
    By Gus Van Horn blog,
    Chalk up another win for the good guys at the Institute for Justice: They just won an award for damages for a man arrested in Louisiana for a satirical post he put up on Facebook at the height of our government's lunatic response to the recent pandemic. Here's how it started:That night, Bailey was subjected to a SWAT-style raid culminating in his being ordered to stand on his knees and put his hands on his "fucking head." He was arrested for a felony and faced up to 15 years in prison, although

    How to calculate Compound Function Formula for Food Chain start up?

    Umar
    By Umar,
    Hi Experts, Greetings,  We have a food chain start up, we are at planning stage, where a requirement came up that requires compound function to determine Price and Quantity curve    If you can kindly support on how to calculate compound function for food Production and what factors are to be considered for having required results?    Please Assist. Thank You. 

    Identifying subject and theme for video

    happiness
    By happiness,
    I’ve had an itch to make content pertinent to me. Perhaps no one will care, but I’m still going to do it. I want to start by making a video about my unique form of exercise. In my own opinion, I have a high level of knowledge on this subject that is quite superior to what 99% of successful fitness influencers preach, although it’s difficult to convince anyone of this. The exercise philosophy I subscribe to is like Objectivism in that it is a heterodoxical truth (there is a nexus of leading

    Reblogged:Some Landslide.

    Gus Van Horn blog
    By Gus Van Horn blog,
    Snatches of two bits of political commentary pretty well encapsulate my assessment of the "landslide" outcome in the GOP's Iowa caucuses the other day. First, Iowa hasn't exactly been predictive lately:Caucuses aren't polls of the general public, and whoever it is -- strong partisans, I presume -- who participate in the Iowa caucuses have been out of touch in the theocratic/social conservative direction lately. Trump is the man for that anti-freedom lot in this election. Second: 51%. That's

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