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
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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
Objectivists would try to employ any technology that reliably allowed them to live longer, fuller lives. It is wonderful and life-affirming
Question: I found the following text in an article by Patrick O'Neil (Journal of Libertarian Studies, vol. 7, no. 1) and would like to know
April 2008 -- Editor’s note: I’m pleased to yield my usual editorial space this month to Gene Holloway, director of operations and
Your argument is correct. But I will elaborate a little to make clear the Objectivist view.....
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
Contrary to logical positivism, the cognitive meaning of a statement is not equal to its means of verification. Instead, the meaning of a...
An ideal Objectivist society would be one where there would be maximum individual freedom, and minimum governmental functions, primary among
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
First, in a free society there really isn't as much of a class system as you may think. The correlation between a person's income and that
Question: I would like to know how Objectivism is different from hedonism, at least as far as morality is concerned. They seem very similar
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
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
To be objective means to be based on features of reality that can be observed or deduced by anyone. Scientific experiments are objective....
Objectivism does not have a “strict physicalist doctrine.” It merely holds that whatever exists exists, has identity, and has causal powers
Ayn Rand was a radical thinker, i.e., one who went to the root of long-standing philosophical problems. She was self-consciously opposed to
The person who said that simply misunderstood Objectivism .In social relations, Objectivism holds that your rational self-interest is best
As they evolved over hundreds of millennia, human beings developed some innate physical desires and psychological predispositions through
The Atlas Society does not at this time have an official position on the Free State Project. However, I think it is safe to say that the
In a general sense, Objectivists hold that children should be legally protected from abuse and from extremes of parental neglect. There is..