Ayn Rand Contra Human Nature
Saturday, March 27, 2010

Objectivism & Politics, Part 46

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Individual Rights 5: Burke contra Rand. Edmund Burke regarded with great suspicion any theory of rights which appeared founded, not on exte...
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Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Objectivism & Politics, Part 45

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Individual Rights 4: Paper Rights. “Politics,” Otto Von Bismarck tells us, “is the art of the possible.” Since most people who frame theori...
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Saturday, March 06, 2010

Objectivism & Politics, Part 44

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Individual Rights 3: Nietzsche weighs in. While re-reading Nietzche’s Twilight of the Idols , I found old Fritz making the same point I’ve ...
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Monday, March 01, 2010

Is Ayn Rand Bad For The Market?

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So ponders the Wall Street Journal.
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Thursday, February 25, 2010

Objectivism & Politics, Part 43

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Individual Rights 2: Rand’s theory examined. Rand introduces her theory of individual rights as follows: The source of man’s rights is not ...
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Thursday, February 18, 2010

Objectivism & Politics, Part 42

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Individual Rights 1: Theory and practice. Rand tells us, in her usual ex cathedra manner, that “the right to life is the source of all rig...
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Friday, February 12, 2010

Objectivism Contra Logic

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"'Standard logic' this may be; Objectivism, I submit, it ain't." - Lindsay Perigo, The Free Radical Online Objectivism...
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Objectivism & Politics, Part 41

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Self-interest and the Welfare State. Although David Kelley’s brand of Objectivism tends to be several notches above what we find over at ARI...
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Saturday, February 06, 2010

Ayn Rand's Amazing Achievements, Pt 137

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One of the most obvious signs of cultism in Objectivism is the desire for Objectivists to believe Ayn Rand was somehow a sui generis , all-...
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Tuesday, February 02, 2010

Ayn Rand: Engineer of Souls

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Over at The New Criterion , Anthony Daniels fingers Rand as the "Chernyshevsky of individualism." His thoughtful critique touches ...
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Saturday, January 30, 2010

Objectivism & Politics, Part 40

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Altruism’s influence on politics. In Objectivism, “altruism” is serves as the primary ideological scapegoat for the ills of American politi...
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Saturday, January 23, 2010

Why Ayn Rand?

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In an excellent essay , Michael Huemer, one of the most rigorous critics of the Objectivist ethics, offers some alternative answers for the...
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Friday, January 22, 2010

Objectivism & Politics, Part 39

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Moral argument for capitalism. In The Mind and Society , Pareto makes the following observation:
 Theories of “natural law” and the “law o...
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Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Objectivism & Politics, Part 38

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Natural disasters and state assistance. Does the government have a role in helping people whose homes have been destroyed or severly damage...
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Saturday, January 09, 2010

What Objectivists Believe

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Over at Amazon in comments on Jennifer Burns' bio we find this useful summation of how realistically Objectivists view Rand's achie...
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Thursday, December 31, 2009

Objectivism & Politics, Part 37

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Politics of Human Nature 21: Conclusion. What can be gathered from this long series of posts on politics and human nature? Mainly, three ma...
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Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Objectivism Vs Empirical Reality

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If Objectivism is correct, shouldn't the lines on this graph go in the opposite direction? Hat tip: Angry Bear
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Sunday, December 27, 2009

Objectivism versus Western Civilization

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For nearly every critic of Objectivism there is usually one or two things in Rand’s philosophy that he finds particularly objectionable. For...
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Friday, December 18, 2009

Objectivism & Politics, Part 36

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Politics of Human Nature 20: Grievance Politics. In any advanced society there will likely be a number of individuals whose political belie...
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Saturday, December 12, 2009

A Convenient Untruth

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Jennifer Burns’ taut, perfectly judged new Rand bio is good news for American intellectual history and bad news for the cult wing of Objecti...
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