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|[pi|Week 6:  Rand's Objectivism - Discussion    |  | |

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|Rand & Ojectivism-selfish or ethical? (graded) |

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|Ayn Rand’s Objectivist philosophy has been touted by her nay-sayers as the “philosophy of selfish-ness.”  Her principles are: |

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|     1. Metaphysics: Objective Reality |

|     2. Epistemology: Reason |

|     3. Ethics: Self-interest |

|     4. Politics: Capitalism |

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|In the early 1960's, a student asked a spokesman for Objectivism what would happen to the poor in an Objectivist's free society. |

|The spokesman answered, "If you want to help them, you will not be stopped."  If one reads Rand's works, Atlas Shrugged, or The |

|Fountainhead, one will conclude that this would be the answer Ayn would have given to that student as well....