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Metaphysics

Epistemology

  • Is free will an illusion? If we are made up of particles, how can we make choices? How does one validate volition? (threads: 1, 2, 3, 4) (keywords: volition, determinism)
  • Is induction a valid means to knowledge? (threads: 1, 2)
  • How does the choice to focus occur?
  • What is a law of nature?

Ethics

  • How can you derive an ought from an is?
  • Why not steal if you can get away with it? (prudent predator, threads 1 2)

Politics

  • Do babies have rights?
  • Is forced taxation wrong? How would government function without forced taxation? (threads: 1, 2, 3)
  • How would the Constitution be rewritten from an Objectivist perspective?
  • How would roads be handled if all land is privately owned?
  • How would a water supply be handled if not by a city government?
  • How could lakes and seas be privatized?
  • How should criminals and punishment be handled by a proper government?
  • How would prisons work in a free society?
  • Is intellectual property actually property?
  • Is preemptive war justified? (interventionism)
  • What is wrong with anarchy/competing governments?

Science

Economics

  • Are we moving towards greater inflation, hyperinflation, deflation, or something else? (1, 2, 3)
  • What effect will the "quantitative easing" of the Federal Reserve have on the economy?

excl.gif If anyone would like to add to this list, or if there are better topics to link the above questions to, please leave a reply. thumbsup.gif

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Could we perhaps add this thread or a similar one to the politics section of the FAQ? http://forum.objecti...wtopic=228&st=0 It's one discussing what the problem is with anarchy/why there should not be competing governments and that kind of thing. This topic seems to come up a lot.

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