Hank Reard3n Posted June 2, 2009 Report Share Posted June 2, 2009 (edited) What does Objectivism has to say about professional traders? Is the occupation in a lower moral plane than, for instance, that of businessmen? I have my opinions but i don't want to bias the discussions so i'll leave them to myself for now. Edited June 2, 2009 by Hank Reard3n Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hazmatac Posted June 2, 2009 Report Share Posted June 2, 2009 Objectivism doesn't mention anything in particular about traders as far as I know. No, they are not on a lower moral plane than businessmen. Both are valid means of making a living. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffS Posted June 2, 2009 Report Share Posted June 2, 2009 Why would they be on a lower moral plane? As a trader, I would really like to know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
West Posted June 2, 2009 Report Share Posted June 2, 2009 (edited) Just wanted to clarify something: Objectivism has nothing to say about the profession in the sense that it has no official position on trading, just as it has no official position on metal, computers, or any other such concrete issue. Philosophy deals with the broadest fundamentals; Objectivism can have something to say about the profession in the sense that the broad principles that make up the philosophy can be applied to such a concrete issue, but the philosophy itself can have no "official" position on it. With that, the question to be asked is whether or not the profession leads to values, and more, is fulfilling as a career or part-time hobby. I think that's an easy question to answer. edit: One can't say that trading is better than any other profession out of context in the sense that your question is asking. This would imply that there is some sort of "intrinsic" value that makes trading or being a businessman inherently better than one or the other. Objectivity requires that one judge the value of a profession based on one's own hierarchy of values. When you are trying to evaluate a potential value, you always have to ask, "of value to whom and for what?" Edited June 2, 2009 by West Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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