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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
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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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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
Objectivism in Academia

By cliveandrews,
How are Objectivists treated in the academic arenta? I know nothing about academic philosophy, but I would infer that Objectivists might have a hard time getting along with others in the feild, or even face persecution from their peers. Thoughts?
Age of Electricity

By Boydstun,

Annual amount of electrical energy produced by countries of the world is here.
Leading source for generation of electric power for each US state, 2001 v 2019. Information used by NYT (10/28/20) in making these maps is from the US Energy Information Agency.
Reblogged:How the Cats Are Doing

By Gus Van Horn blog,

A Friday Hodgepodge We acquired Lucinda in late August and Seymour in December. It's time for an update. 1. Lucinda has grown quite a bit and fluffed out, especially around her head and neck. Consistent with my past experience with female cats, she doesn't like being picked up or held very much. When she's in the mood -- unusual and hard to read -- she can be very affectionate, but if she doesn't want attention, watch out! As it is, she has possibly the worst control over her claws of any c
Slavery and Race

By Boydstun,
Slavery and Race – Philosophical Debates in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries
Julia Jorati (2024)
Slavery and Race: Philosophical Debates in the Eighteenth Century
Julia Jorati (2023)
Reblogged:An Agency to Ax

By Gus Van Horn blog,

Former Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney, who briefly served as its acting director under Trump, argues that the new Trump Administration should try to shut down Elizabeth Warren's Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Although, as most better conservatives do, he erroneously regards some level of economic regulation as legitimate, he correctly singles this agency out as a particularly deserving target: It is unaccountable to other government officials (and thus to the people), and so it pred
Reblogged:The Dunning-Kruger Coalition Spurns Advice

By Gus Van Horn blog,

This man could save numerous lives simply by voting no today. (Image by United States Congress, via Wikimedia Commons, public domain.)According to the Constitution -- and, frankly, common sense -- it is the job of the Senate to provide "advice and consent" regarding government officials the President wishes to appoint. Why wouldn't a President want to be surrounded by the best possible advisors? Who wouldn't want an ally to stop him short of making a stupid move? I don't know, either, but the
A Question on Ethics

By romulus,
Hello everyone,
I’ve recently began to study Objectivism and philosophy as such. In regards to the Objectivist theory of ethics, I have a question that’s been bothering me for a few days now, one which I’ve been unable to answer. If value is only possible because of the concept of life, yet choosing life is the antecedent precondition for morality to even be at all applicable, why ought one chose to live? They’ve yet to make that choice, as such morality would presumably be unable to guide
About the Russian aggression of Ukraine

By AlexL,
An analysis of John Mearsheimer's position, which is: "it is not Putin but the West, especially the U.S., that’s principally responsible for this disaster. The Ukraine Crisis Is the West’s Fault.”
The analysis continues:
Read here the full analysis.
Reblogged:MORE Golf for Trump, PLEASE!

By Gus Van Horn blog,

Well! It didn't take long for some political opponent of Trump to drag out the modern version of Nero fiddled while Rome burned, which is "Uhhh! The President is playing golf too much." Cropped from image by the White House, via Wikimedia Commons, public domain.My news digest for the day includes a link to the Trump Golf Track (sic), which, as of this morning, shows a red-hatted Trump leaning on a golf club, with numbers for days in office, days and percentage of time spent golfing, graphs of eg