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I first read The Virtue of Selfishness, then OPAR, in early high school.
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chuff reacted to a post in a topic: Foundation of legal retribution by Objectivism
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It seems like several of us have come back after being more active in the past. I'd be interested to kick up some activity here.
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How many times have you read Atlas Shrugged?
chuff replied to James Bond's topic in Ayn Rand Book Club
Just once! Would love to work my way through The Fountainhead. Wanted a refresher on the philosophical works first, including the collections of periodicals, which I recently acquired. -
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chuff replied to Aristotle is cold's topic in Clubs & Organizations
Hi Doug, You should be able to log in at discord.com -
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chuff replied to Aristotle is cold's topic in Clubs & Organizations
I'll definitely be joining later today! Very interested in storing a library of content about Objectivism. The Internet is unkind to old links as it ages. Diana Hsieh's podcast Philosophy in Action is now vapor, 300 episodes--gone. -
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At the risk of oversimplifying, it appears this decision acknowledges the legal principle that the States have final authority over their own election laws (as they do over any other state laws that do not conflict with the U.S. Constitution, as well as over the interpretations of their own constitutions).
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I would steer clear of the 'oppressor' language, both because it has other political connotations, and because there is no real power dynamic in either of the situations OP raises. Sacrificing others to oneself seems like the best description. (Thanks @Doug Morris) Maybe there are even other ways of seeing these kinds of actions as wrong?: > The woman is not paying attention to the task at hand, she is making others dependent on her, she is blocking their freedom of movement unnecessarily, she is placing the lower value of applying makeup above the higher value of getting where she's going, she is endangering herself and the rights of others by stopping her car on an open motorway... (there may also be things leading up to this situation that were irrational/unethical: Why is she doing her makeup in the car?)
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Sadly this group appears to be defunct. Is Fred reachable on this site or on another social media site perhaps?
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In the area too. A bit late on this, but there does appear to be a local forum for DC now.
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@Candida I would like to meet and make a claim on his extensive library, it's still available. Happy to come and meet you for pick up. (I'm in DC area). Sent you a direct message.
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Glad to see the forum is still here. Haven't kept up much with where the movement has gone in the intervening time. Moved abroad and back and got a law degree. Hello again, everybody.
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Online Objectivist Gaming Clans?
chuff replied to DavidV's topic in Introductions and Personal Notes
Ever since No-Build came along, been playing Fortnite with friends these days: lingui5t -
Sorry to double-post. An interesting article by Elan Journo related to the recent diplomatic history of the USA and North Korea has the reader concluding that withdrawing foreign aid is a huge step in the right direction, especially to unsavory characters. Indeed, it looks like the ARI's criticism (and Rand's own, actually) of the UN involves primarily its acceptance of anyone and moral failings in not standing up or any kind of principle and conceding to bullying behaviors, essentially begging would-be aggressors not to do so and offering to pay them not to. The response that seems more appropriate to such is to simply work to remove the offenders from the relationship, withdraw one's support, or even one's membership in an organization that accepts such behavior. Such a context makes withdrawal from the UN an attractive option for America's interests.
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For instance: on the question of whether our government has the "right" to depose foreign governments, and presumably the right also to subsequently install those we consider sympathetic to us (viz. Allende, Mossadegh, historical examples abound), is there a cogent way to approach this question within the Objectivist framework? My first thought is that an Objectivist-based argument would have us deliberating over whether it is in the "national interest" or not, which is nothing more than the composition of the individual interests of American individuals...? How is that measured, and where does that get us? My second is that it may instead sound like this: the American government, since it can do nothing other than that which is prescribed as proper, should just voice opposition or support but commit nothing apart from our verbal sanction (in either sense of the word, respectively) except in the case that Americans' lives, liberty, or property are in peril or threatened. (I understand that the lack of privately owned land renders this somewhat less straightforward a question in terms of property being invaded). I am confused about the proper method to even go about answering these sorts of questions (intergovernmental relations), much less the answers themselves!
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I'm interested to hear more about the limits on government as it pertains to interactions with other states. Have any members read The Ominous Parallels? Does Peikoff address international relations in it, even in a non-normative context?
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