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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"
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    Why Be Moral - The Real Reason - From Metaphysics to Morals

    monart
    By monart,
    WHY BE MORAL - THE REAL REASON   Be Moral - To Live From Metaphysics to Morals Towards Self-Realization and Self-Betterment   [Presented as a syllogistic synopsis] ----   Reality exists - objectively, absolutely. To believe that reality doesn’t exist is to bel

    2024 US Election

    Boydstun
    By Boydstun,
    2024 US Senate Elections  

    Reblogged: IRS: You Are Your Relative's Guarantor

    Gus Van Horn blog
    By Gus Van Horn blog,
    At RealClear Markets is a shocking story about the IRS coming after someone over a debt incurred by a relative:It is bad enough that the IRS exists at all, but so long as it does, it should at least confine its looting to the money of whatever individual taxpayer violates a given matter of tax law. This is a new low. Curious about the case, I briefly searched the news for the victim, and learned that, on top of the sin of possessing more money than another person, she will probably be relative

    Objective Reality and Objective Living

    monart
    By monart,
    OBJECTIVE REALITY AND OBJECTIVE LIVING   [Here are some highlights, from the perspective of self-realization and self-betterment, of the meaning of the concept of Reality or Existence:  the widest, most abstract and fundamental of all concepts, subsuming and integrating all other concepts – yet, at the same time, it’s the most simple, concrete, directly observable concept, seen in each and every thing that’s real and exists. Reality exists all arou

    Conflation of Value and Identity

    Easy Truth
    By Easy Truth,
    For years, I have heard the same people attacking objective reality. First I thought they were arguing in bad faith. That they were lying. But last week in a discussion a problem became visible. What was brought up was that the table in front of us was a table, but the value of the table was in the eyes of the valuer. And as far as they were concerned, the value of the table is part of its identity. If so, part of its identity is based on the observer, as in subjective. Without the subje

    Reblogged:FEE's Ex Nihilo Attack on Ayn Rand

    Gus Van Horn blog
    By Gus Van Horn blog,
    Over at FEE is a piece by Lawrence Reed whose headline reads, "Indians, Property Rights, and Ayn Rand," and whose blurb elaborates: Ayn Rand got many things right, but on the issue of Native Americans she made a big error. Interesting I thought. I don't recall Rand specifically positing or critiquing a general Amerindian stand on that issue. As a labor of love (which my respect for intellectual property rights will otherwise keep obscure and thus financially unrewarding), I have been graduall

    Ayn Rand University Answers Podcast

    Mike Mazza
    By Mike Mazza,
    The Ayn Rand Institutes is launching a bi-weekly podcast, Ayn Rand University Answers. Each episode will feature an ARU faculty member's answer to one of your questions. To have yours answered, send it to [email protected].

    Reblogged:Four Random Things

    Gus Van Horn blog
    By Gus Van Horn blog,
    A Friday Hodgepodge 1. At Ask a Manager is a post titled "Scolding Strangers, Kids Using Corporate Lingo, and Other Ways Our Jobs Follow Us Home," which you may find amusing. Within, Alison Green shares reader contributions, such as:I originally read this with some mild puzzlement and memories of irritation with others for doing things like this in the past. You're not at work, I recall once saying to a friend using work lingo on an unsuspecting layman. Intending to ... circle back ... to

    Reblogged:Regulation vs. Sense of Life

    Gus Van Horn blog
    By Gus Van Horn blog,
    The thrust of John Stossel's recent piece on driverless cars was to marvel at the relative restraint Californian regulators showed after problems surfaced with the GM Cruise. I share his relief, especially after reading the following:Stossel is correct to note that this new technology is life-saving and that regulation is its main threat. But, despite his clearly good intent, I think Stossel understates both the threat and the benefits, as good as lives spared from accidental deaths may be.

    Left and Right: Co-Dependent Foes

    Boydstun
    By Boydstun,
    Left and Right: Codependent Foes

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