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
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Happiness is a complex emotion that proceeds from living one’s life with success and intensity. To achieve it, one must correctly identify
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
Objectivism recognizes the necessity of a rational governmental authority that performs the basic functions of maintaining law and order...
Objectivists absolutely hold that we have a right to freedom of speech. It is an aspect of our broader right to liberty: the right to take..
Rights only apply to rational beings whose needs are best fulfilled by production and trade...
In 1973 the U.S. Supreme Court declared a constitutionally protected right to abortion. Far from resolving the debate that gave rise to it..
Ayn Rand argued that those who mete out death to others certainly deserve it back as a matter of justice (assuming that we are speaking of..
One firm belief that I bring to the Business Rights Center is: Philosophy matters. Without a theoretical defense of the fundamentals...
November 2001 -- One of the most popular mantras, following the terrorist attacks of September 11, declares how great it is to see Americans
November 2001 -- The Assault on Civilization , posted October 12, 2001. Published in the November 2001 Navigator . The position of The
December 2001 -- Greek Ways: How the Greeks Created Western Civilization . By Bruce Thornton. (San Francisco, California: Encounter Books..
Objectivism holds that the basis of all law should be individual rights to life, liberty, and property. These rights are commonly called...
If I understand the Bush administration's proposal from early 2005, it was intended to transition the Social Security system to something
Ayn Rand defined a right as a "moral principle defining and sanctioning a man's freedom of action in a social context" (The Virtue of
Rights are fundamental political principles. As such, they are based in morality. They summarize how human beings ought to be treated in a
Please see our Q&A " What is the Objectivist View of Law and Government ?" which describes the general Objectivist approach to politics. Thi
Subjective criteria like "I like it" of course can't be proven as you say. And that is, in fact, why they are wrong. I can't add any more..
The Objectivist answer to poverty and other social problems is: 1) create a society in which people have clear reasons to be responsible...
Whoever makes something, having bought or contracted for all other held resources used in the process…is entitled to it. The situation is no
Richard Henry Tawney (1880–1962) was a British historian who spent most of his career at the London School of Economics. He wrote widely on