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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

    Water Supply Question

    Praxus
    By Praxus,
    Under a pure Capitalist system the water supply would all be privatized. Say they poured waste in it from another part of the companies industry and it harms the consumers and the company didn't tell them about it. Would this be considered the initiation of force and thus banned?

    Right to Life

    Praxus
    By Praxus,
    Objectivists justify the killing of civilians by saying they refused to overthrow their Government therefore, they are supporting their Government and forfeit their right to life. Do we not forfeit our right to life by passively supporting actions of the Government that deprive people of their right to life and property, such as the draft and taxation. What do you think about this?

    The Abolition of Man

    Skywalker
    By Skywalker,
    Is anyone familiar with C.S. Lewis's essay series "The Abolition of Man"? It's an argument for objective morality, but from a Christian standpoint. Obviously problematic, but my question is: I believe Rand is said to have commented on this book, and these comments are reprinted in the collection of her marginalia. As I can't find a copy of this book and I don't have a credit card to order it, I was wondering if anyone who's read it would be willing to discuss her comments and the book's subject

    South FL. O'ist

    beselfish
    By beselfish,
    Hello everyone! I just happened to find your forum while checking Google for quotes on volition; glad I found you guys. I've been reading Rand since the early 90's and was hooked from the moment I opened Virtue of Selfishness. I was amazed to find all the explanations for the unorganized thoughts and feelings I had been grappling with for several years. I paricularly appreciated Rand and Peikoff for helping me put into words my disagreement with religion. As a kid, I never bought th

    The Discipline of Happiness

    reason_on
    By reason_on,
    With the world swirling around us in spasms of seemingly inexplicable irrationality, it does the soul good to recall that happiness is ours to develop and maintain, with this is mind, I want to include this annoucement from Devers Branden. Best Regards, R. Christian Ross Webmaster-NathanielBranden.com ******************************************** The Discipline of Happiness A five-day workshop with Devers Branden June 13-18, 2004 Esalen Institute Big Sur, Califor

    Collapse of TOC

    WGD
    By WGD,
    Over at Noumenalself.com are two articles covering TOC and its misfortunes over the last eighteen months. Dated April 11, 2004 and September 28, 2003. Looking at TOC's tax returns, they have been sinking for awhile. Last open ones are for the year ending 2002. Contributions in 2002 fell 19.95% to $844,676 from 1,055,259. Program services(events that non-profits charge for) was up only 2%(inflation) from 2001, but 2001 was a 25% drop from 2000. 2002 was so bad, TOC's net worth

    Good Book on Physical Anthropology?

    JRoberts
    By JRoberts,
    An area that really interests me right now is anthropology and the evolution of the conceptual faculty. Does anybody know of a good book that would be of value to me in studying this? I'm looking for a book that speaks in detail of the different varients of Hominids and their evolution. I'd also like it to be heavy in facts (Meaning more textbook than "Anthropology for Idiots"). Thanks for the help .

    Yet Another Bush Misfire

    AutoJC
    By AutoJC,
    You can find Elan Journo's excellent commentary on that here.

    Second Law of thermodynamics predicts God?

    WWJGD?
    By WWJGD?,
    I ran across this web site today A Practical Man's Proof of God - Does God Exist? I am concerned here only with his opening argument, entitled "THE BEGINNING", since the rest of his essay rests on its premises. Here he implies that since the objects in the Universe consume fuel, i.e, the sun converts hydrogen into helium (which)=energy; the fuel (hydrogen) should have been used up long ago if the Universe is eternal. He is saying that the Universe is a closed system.

    "GOP Convention Program"

    ragnarhedin
    By ragnarhedin,
    Brian Leiter, a philosophy and law professor at the University of Texas at Austin (and a leftist), has published on his blog Amy and Leonard Peikoff's "GOP Converntion Program." Worth a look. http://webapp.utexas.edu/blogs/bleiter/

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