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Objectivism encompasses the five branches of philosophy: metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, politics and aesthetics. Her philosophy relies on reason as a person's only absolute. Objectivism advocates rational egoism as the moral standard for the individual and laissez-faire capitalism as the moral standard for society.
Rand's ideas are often discarded on the ground that they are immoral. Her advocacy of egoism is often described as cruel and harsh. But Objectivism does not advocate living according to one's desires, whether rational or not, while disregarding the consequences to others.
I should qualify that, however. Sports cliches are easily understood. Some other cliches are not. How many of us really understood what Socrates meant when he said "The unexamined life is not worth living? And how many of us took true note when Hegel wrote "The actual is the rational...
Kaufman implies that Black students flock to the Quad only to be around other Blacks. He implies that Blacks choose to segregate them selves, which in turn will cause hostile racial housing areas. This argument is clearly ridiculous. I once thought that Kaufman, and people like him, did not think...
Pilon believes that as medical science and psychology uncover rational explanations for more cures, it becomes increasingly difficult to name something a miracle. He regrets the trend and, without relaxing his own stringent standards, suggests that the church give more importance to instances where the divine can be said to...