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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

    Trump II

    Boydstun
    By Boydstun,
    The Monkey's Paw Administration – Robert Tracinski

    Reblogged:Polumbo on Lutnick

    Gus Van Horn blog
    By Gus Van Horn blog,
    Brad Polumbo critiques Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick on the heels of his recent remark that tariffs and trade wars would be "worth it," even if they cause a recession. The column does a fine job of succinctly explaining just how bad Lutnick is in terms any intelligent, thoughtful adult can understand. He does this by staying high-level and skipping the math, which is fine here since he has so much territory to cover. Lutnick: "Let the dealmaker make his deals. Let the best negotiator and

    Musk as James Taggart

    Reidy
    By Reidy,
    Brook has recommended this, and I pass it along with a second: https://www.yahoo.com/news/elon-musk-thinks-ayn-rand-071948623.html?fr=yhssrp_catchall

    Do you agree with Yaron Brook on open borders for the US?

    RobertP
    By RobertP,
    My understanding is Brook supports open borders in the US that he would never support for Israel.  I believe that having control over who enters a country is crucial for what I consider obvious reasons. Do you agree with Brook? Why or why not? Or is my understanding of his position off the mark? 

    Robots

    Boydstun
    By Boydstun,
    Tomorrow – Kissing Robots? Beyond Tomorrow – French-Kissing Robots? At present talking robots engage jaw motions only. Hu sees the need to get robots to use lips as well if a human is to retain interest. 

    Some details on physical force.

    Doug Morris
    By Doug Morris,
    Introduction. During the Covid-19 controversy I posted some comments about details of the concept of physical force.  At the time I got a lot of pushback because people were concerned about the Covid-19 controversy. But I think there are legitimate questions here that need discussing without that distraction. I think everyone here can agree that physical force can be directed against either a person's body or a person's property.  

    Donald Trump

    Skylark1
    By Skylark1,
    What do you guys think about President Trump? Or is it still too early to form an opinion?

    On the question of free-will vs. determinism

    RationalEgoistSG
    By RationalEgoistSG,
    I just attended a meeting of the philosophical society on my campus, and the topic of discussion was free will vs. determinism. While the majority of the people there wanted to believe in free will, we were having quite a bit of trouble defeating the determinist argument that it may seem to us that we have the illusion of free will, but in reality we are completely determined. Being the vice-president of this society, I selected the readings for this discussion. One reading came from Ho

    Tariffs

    Boydstun
    By Boydstun,
    Politicians talk of trade deficit as if it were something we are in debt over or some other sort of bad overall pattern. Between Texas and Tennesssee, which one has a trade deficit? Does anyone care? Should they? Between (i) individuals and firms in Texas and (ii) individuals and firms in Tennessee, they have free trade, trade as they fit, and each comes out ahead in each exchange. Last year Argentina won a free trade deal with EU, and this year, they are trying to win free trade with the US (ze

    Darryl Wright lectures

    HowardRoarkSpaceDetective
    By HowardRoarkSpaceDetective,
    I’m looking for some lectures from a series on motivation given by Darryl Wright in 2005. They’re listed at this site but without a way of accessing the actual content: https://objectivistmedia.com/publications/1268  

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