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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....