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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

    Of Economics and War

    AutoJC
    By AutoJC,
    False. Economics was involved in Saddam Hussein's decision in 1990 to attack Kuwait. Rather than pay back loans owed to Kuwait, and having been refused by Kuwait to defer or even forgive such loans, motivated Iraq to attack and take over Kuwait by force. Economics is a major reason why wars start. If a country lacks in resources it then has to figure out by what framework it can trade with other countries inthe global economy to obtain such resources by trade. if a country fai

    Cooperation and Competition

    Areactor
    By Areactor,
    According to the Youth for International Socialism site http://www.newyouth.com/archives/theory/faq/human_nature.asp Now there's tons of arguements in this one quote but I believe the main idea is that Cooperation and Compeition are literally the anti-thesis of each other. How is that true?

    A New Member

    Full-Absolute
    By Full-Absolute,
    Hello. I'm a Catholic student from Washington State. I read Atlas Shrugged recently, at the coaxing of some guys on another bulleting board (Los Soldatos: Los Soldatos ), which has its own small objectivist community at the Stump. (If you try to visit the site, you won't see the Stump; the debate section, among other things, is members only.) So...very interesting philosophy. It's greatly changed my views on economic matters. However, my Catholic beliefs remain the same. In fact, Atlas Shru

    Do mental units obfuscatae essential differences?

    Bearster
    By Bearster,
    In another thread, a troll sneered at the very notion of objective concepts. I would like to use it to talk about the topic. This presumes that cognition is subjective, that any conceivable definition of a word is valid EXCEPT the one offered by Ayn Rand. The problem with dictionary definitions of philosophically important words is that they are often rationally unusable. Package-deals and anti-concepts are what most peopke expect for words like "selfish". You cannot use the

    AR and the movie "The Fountainhead"

    RadCap
    By RadCap,
    In many of her essays, Ayn Rand analyzed different works of art. Did she ever analyze the film version of The Fountainhead? I seem to recall she made mention of the line which was cut from the film. And she has spoken of the comments made by Cooper after filming. But did she ever substantially address King Vidor's directing of her script - meaning more than a sentence or two in passing?

    The Failure of Capitalism in the West

    Charles
    By Charles,
    I am sometimes asked whether I think Capitalism works. Do I support it? I hesitate. To answer, it is going to be necessary to differentiate between the questions; 'is it working?' and 'can it work?'. I believe it can do, the free exchange of values, whether money, love or hope is something fundamentally human. Suppress it, it creeps out wherever it can, it mutates, it will die to survive in a different form, it is life. But the quality of it, the values being exchanged are the means by which we

    A Mind Trapped In Youth

    AmbivalentEye
    By AmbivalentEye,
    I have tried so many times to post here. Everything has gone wrong, ad i can only help but think that perhaps some unseen force has tried to keep me from the other mids of this world. who am i? you may say. My name is Jason... or so you shall know me because names are irrelevant in my form of reality. i do not seek yoour names, i wish to know your minds and be able to share my thoughts with all of you. I find this may be the only place where i could trully speak as i am, amongst others that l

    Taxes: Property Tax Laws

    dark_stranger
    By dark_stranger,
    Hello all, I am currently in a real estate economics class here in SF. Last night one person did a short presentation on a law that the State of California has, known as 'Proposition 13'. This unlucky number refers to a law that limits the increase in property taxes to 2% per year. However, if the house is sold or otherwise transfers ownership, a new assessment is done, establishing a new baseline on which the 2% increase will apply thereafer. More on this law can be found here:

    Lest We Forget, Lest We Forget

    Kitty Hawk
    By Kitty Hawk,
    Here's a link to a couple of e-mails by an eye-witness to the (9/11) destruction of the World Trade Centers, and the aftermath, sent right after it happened: Pearl 2001 I think sometimes we need reminding. Especially when we start negotiating with terrorists, as we are doing in Fallujah.

    Metaphysical Possibility: Does It Exist?

    DPW
    By DPW,
    In the thread Rationality and Objectivity, Stephen Speicher wrote: I want to first thank Stephen for raising this issue. He does make several crucial identifications, but I think he errors in distinguishing between the metaphysically possible and the epistemologically possible. What Stephen has identified is not a distinction between metaphysical possibility and epistemological possibility, where “metaphysical possibility” must be excluded from our epistemology. Instead, he ha

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