SapereAude Posted January 17, 2013 Report Share Posted January 17, 2013 Would you have a desire to kill the teachers, or have a desire to do something about that which they teach? First of all, I'd like you to pay special attention to SWN's pointing out that a desire to kill and an intention to kill are very different things. He was holding a dying boy. A boy who after years of being a useless drone had just escaped the poisoned philosophy he was taught only to be murdered. Emotions would be rather intensified by that moment. You know, the expressions "I could wring his neck!" or "I could just KILL him for that" and so on? So that answers that question. Now on to "Would you have a desire to kill the teachers, or have a desire to do something about that which they teach?" The two are not mutually exclusive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intellectualammo Posted January 31, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2013 Now on to "Would you have a desire to kill the teachers, or have a desire to do something about that which they teach?" The two are not mutually exclusive. So then it's perfectly rational to desire to kill teachers that teach such things? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruveyn1 Posted January 31, 2013 Report Share Posted January 31, 2013 Has Righteous Anger gone out of style? ruveyn1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intellectualammo Posted February 22, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2013 In 1946 Rand writes (this is from The Journals of Ayn Rand) The basic process of a man's life goes like this: his thinking determines his desires, his desires determine his actions.What if Rearden acted on such a desire? Was it an irrational desire? From irrational thinking? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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