Gay Marriage
There is no established Objectivist position on gay marriage per se. However, I think Objectivism can be seen to apply to the issues at hand
Jan 25, 2011
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There is no established Objectivist position on gay marriage per se. However, I think Objectivism can be seen to apply to the issues at hand
Ayn Rand held that charity is not a major virtue. Objectivism holds that how you spend your money is your business. Your ultimate moral aim
We are integrated beings of mind and body. Simply put, this means that one's mental functions are the product of an organ (which turns out
I think you are asking to what extent it is right to embrace and follow teachings that are in some aspect known to be false. Examples would
I have not been blogging for the last month in order to devote my full time to an historically important violation of Business Rights. Now..
Is it against Objectivist principles to date non-Objectivists? Absolutely not...
Objectivism holds that each person's life is its own moral sanction, and that no one thrives in life except by living as a rational being...
Benevolence and tolerance are considered part of the Objectivist view of ethics, even though they are not explicitly stated among the.....
The distinction between judging actions as evil and judging people as evil is fully discussed in David Kelley's seminal essay Truth and.....
Earlier, I mentioned that accusation —of “rampant” insider trading—in connection with a sweeping new prosecution that has been launched by
We’ve heard for years that the government’s deficit was too big. They said it of Reagan’s deficit and George W. Bush’s. But no government...
Those who love the Enlightenment spirit are sometimes tempted to believe that it engendered fraternity among the age's disciples. And to an
In Viable Values, Tara Smith sets forth an exposition of Ayn Rand's metaethical theory and defends it against competing views regarding the
James Davison Hunter, a professor of sociology and religious studies at the University of Virginia and director of the Institute for
When Ayn Rand created a heroic American dynasty for her novel Atlas Shrugged , she based the family's fortune not on oil, or autos, or
One firm belief that I bring to the Business Rights Center is: Philosophy matters. Without a theoretical defense of the fundamentals...
The question of the moral permissibility of suicide for an egoistic philosophy is fascinating. It is challenging for Objectivism , which
Ayn Rand herself smoked, and many Objectivists still do. Objectivism has no particular position on smoking as such. However, I will comment
Objectivism does not hold that happiness is the ultimate goal. It holds that happiness is the ultimate purpose in life.This is an important
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