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How Objectivists Respond to Religionists

Objectivists are advocates of reason, so we first try to reason with people who believe in ideas supported only by faith...

Jan 26, 2011
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Libertarianism--Is Thomas Fair to Schwartz and Peikoff?

Peter Schartz was not simply referring to the Libertarian party. See his " On Moral Sanctions ," in which he discusses the question "...

Jan 26, 2011
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Inductive Reasoning in Philosophy

Induction is the process of reaching general conclusions from particular facts. It is contrasted in logic with deduction, which is the proce

Jan 26, 2011
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Humanism vs. Objectivism

Humanism is the doctrine that there is only the real world, that reason is our means of knowledge, and that human well-being in this life is

Jan 26, 2011
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Love and Self-Sacrifice

People act unselfishly all the time. Indeed, that is one key to what is wrong with much of the world. It certainly explains why so many love

Jan 26, 2011
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Love

Love is an essential value we obtain from other people. In giving love, we are responding to our own values realized and made beautiful by a

Jan 26, 2011
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Andrew Bissell
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Laissez-Faire Capitalism and Workers' Rights

Workers' pay in the laissez-faire era of the19th century rose steadily with the innovations that increased productivity and lowered prices..

Jan 26, 2011
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Escapism

You can find a discussion of one form of "escapism" (fantasy fiction) in my article " The Charms and Enchantments of Fantasy ." Or consider

Jan 25, 2011
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Egoism and Capitalism vs. Altruism and Communism

To be objective means to be based on features of reality that can be observed or deduced by anyone. Scientific experiments are objective....

Jan 25, 2011
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Brian Gordon
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Egotism and Selfishness

The person who said that simply misunderstood Objectivism .In social relations, Objectivism holds that your rational self-interest is best

Jan 25, 2011
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Game Theory and Objectivism

As such, Nash's contributions to non-cooperative game theory were a major breakthrough in the formal analysis of strategic interaction...

Jan 25, 2011
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Collectivism, Freedom, and Happiness

Happiness is a complex emotion that proceeds from living one’s life with success and intensity. To achieve it, one must correctly identify

Jan 25, 2011
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Andrew Bissell
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Careers in Medicine and Social Work

Objectivism holds that productive work is, as Ayn Rand put it, man’s “noblest activity.” Whether one is a janitor or a philosopher, he

Jan 25, 2011
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Andrew Bissell
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Children's Rights II

In a general sense, Objectivists hold that children should be legally protected from abuse and from extremes of parental neglect. There is..

Jan 25, 2011
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Hedonism

Question: I would like to know how Objectivism is different from hedonism, at least as far as morality is concerned. They seem very similar

Jan 25, 2011
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Chastity before Marriage

It is neither always wrong nor always right to hold off having sex until one is married. Whether it is right or wrong for you is a personal

Jan 25, 2011
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Deism

Deism is the belief that an omnipotent, eternal, and all-knowing God created reality and set its rules, but that the Deity does not interven

Jan 25, 2011
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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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Charity for 2004 Tsunami Victims

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

Jan 25, 2011
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Free Will and Determinism

That we have free will is self-evident. You chose to write this question. Indeed, most fundamentally, you chose to think about it. This is

Jan 25, 2011
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We promote open Objectivism: the philosophy of reason, achievement, individualism, and freedom.