Objectivists often look to the past for great artwork to contemplate and admire, avoiding the contemporary art scene as hopelessly......
April 2008 -- Whatever you do, don’t get caught uttering this word. It is the latest addition to a growing list of taboo speech. If you are
Question: How does Objectivism define and classify sexual desire and lust? It seems they do not actually flow from convictions, but instead
Workers' pay in the laissez-faire era of the19th century rose steadily with the innovations that increased productivity and lowered prices..
Peter Schartz was not simply referring to the Libertarian party. See his " On Moral Sanctions ," in which he discusses the question "...
Objectivists are advocates of reason, so we first try to reason with people who believe in ideas supported only by faith...
Under laissez-faire capitalism, I doubt that there would be any blanket legal duty to reveal information that would harm one’s business....
Ayn Rand criticized both the “liberal” Left and the “conservative” Right poles of American politics. She identified both major political
Induction is the process of reaching general conclusions from particular facts. It is contrasted in logic with deduction, which is the proce
In a society that is basically Objectivist in its beliefs and laws, the only actions that would be illegal would be those that impose harm o
April 2008 -- If Wernher von Braun had died in 1945 at the end of World War Two, he would have been remembered as the man who led the team..
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
Ayn Rand maintained the necessity of a government that kept its “hands off” the private lives of its citizens, while at the same time......
Down here in south Texas, I’m occasionally drawn unawares into conversations with congregants of the evangelical Cornerstone Church, whose..
Contrary to logical positivism, the cognitive meaning of a statement is not equal to its means of verification. Instead, the meaning of a...
