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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

    Us Monetary Crisis

    visaplace
    By visaplace,
    Where can I find recent discussion about mounting US government debt and the debasement of US currency in Objectivist literature? It seems to me that the effects of Keynesian economics are comming to a head in the not so distant future. The Fed continues to print money, the debt is increasing and the price of gold is going up. The debt bubble will soon get so big that the value of paper money will decline to the point that gold may once become the currency of choice again. The economy, base

    Bush Vs Kerry

    argive99
    By argive99,
    With the often heated discussion going on here on the decision to vote for Bush or Kerry, I thought that this might add a little levity. http://www.jibjab.com/default.asp My favorite line: "You're a liberal wiener". I hope you get a laugh out of it.

    Objectivist music

    mordecai
    By mordecai,
    I was surprised to discover a band from the country of Ragnar Danneskjold, and also my homecountry, Norway who seem to be heavily influenced by Objectivism. Their lyrics convey a specific objectivist message and they even make numerous references to Ayn Rands litterature. The bands name is Spiral Architect Here is a excerpt from their homepage: "Spiral Architect is about continual development, idealism, and intensity. Spiral Architect is controlled anarchy. The aim is to make mus

    “Noble thieves” movies

    DavidV
    By DavidV,
    About the only portrayal of efficacious and proud individuals in today’s movies is that of organized teams of criminals. Of the top of my head, some examples are Ocean’s 11, The Thomas Crown Affair, The Italian Job, and Catch Me If You Can. Ok, it’s probably obvious to you that the above represents Hollywood’s anti-business mentality, but I find that many of my capitalist friends enjoy such movies. Is there something inherently wrong with enjoying a movie that glorifies crime, or is it

    How does one handle the death of a loved-one?

    Swifty
    By Swifty,
    What is the Objectivist view on death and the after life? Im going through the death of someone very dear to me. Im new to Ayn Rand's philosophy and was just curious if this has ever been discussed before. I know that Objectivist dont believe in God, so probably no afterlife. But Im not sure, I know that Nietzsche believed in Eternal Recurrance where everyone lives their life again and again. Do you think its a good thing to trick yourself into believeing things that make you feel better, f

    Einstein And Mileva Maric

    tommyedison
    By tommyedison,
    Mileva Maric was Einstein's first wife. In 1992, letters of Einstein to Mileva were found in which he refers to relativity as our work, not as my work. A biographer of Einstein also claimed that the original manuscript of relativity was signed Einstein-Marity. Marity was Mileva's official name. Einstein apparently used to treat Mileva very badly and beat her too. He also had numerous extramarital affairs. More information can be found at Einstein's Wife. Mileva's Story

    Help me pick an "ethically controversial" article.

    coirecfox
    By coirecfox,
    The instructor in my speech class told us to bring in a newspaper/magazine article or book that is ethically controversial. Her ethics, and those of the entire class, most certainly do not reflect my own. I thought to myself that I should bring in something that, by their standards would be ethically wrong, and just talk about how great it is. I think, however, that I should do the opposite and take in the Bible and just talk about how it's the handbook for the standard of death. What do you

    Entrepreneurial Alliances And Genetic Engineering

    Pericles(MBA)
    By Pericles(MBA),
    I was following a discussion between Betsy and Argive99 in the Current Events forum and their points on the speed at which new ideas move thru a culture got me thinking.... I have in the past contacted a few bioscience companies about jobs. Although they expressed interest, they also warned that bioscience was not growing as quickly as many people thought. I thought that reply was strange, and then I saw it again in the media in the form of a quote about 'the bioscience bubble' being sim

    Hello From Mexico (spanish)

    manuel
    By manuel,
    Hola Mi nombre es Manuel Escamilla, estudio Objetivismo desde hace 4 años cuando consegui mi Atlas Shrugged. Actualmente trabajo para promover el objetivismo comercialmente, lo cual es un objetivo arduo ya que México es un país lleno de misticismo y altruismo; recientemente sufrí un ataque plagado de misticismo el cual destruyó mi relación con mi esposa, con quien tuve un bebe a quien me gustaría enseñarle la filosofía de Ayn Rand desde su infancia. Espero encontrar amigos en este

    Who Is Ayn Rand?

    NIJamesHughes
    By NIJamesHughes,
    A whole series of product's (tee-shirts, mugs, caps) with "Who Is Ayn Rand?" Printed on them. Tell me what you think and buy them if you like them. More coming soon James

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