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Jump to content Objectivism Online Forum Existing user? Sign In Sign In Remember me Not recommended on shared computers Sign In Forgot your password? Or sign in with one of these services Sign in with Facebook Sign in with X Sign Up Portal Forums All Activity Guidelines Staff Leaderboard Chat More More Everywhere Status Updates Topics Members Home All Activity Home Portal ° Objectivism Is The Everyman’s Philosophy In the universe, what you see is what you get, figuring it out for yourself is the way to happiness, and each person’s independence is respected by all Rand’s Philosophy in Her Own Words "Metaphysics: Objective Reality " "Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed/Wishing won’t make it so." "The universe exists independent of consciousness" " Epistemology: Reason" "You can’t eat your cake and have it, too." "Thinking is man’s only basic virtue" " Ethics: Self-interest" "Man is an end in himself." "Man must act for his own rational self-interest" "The purpose of morality is to teach you[...] to enjoy yourself and live" " Politics: Capitalism" "Give me liberty or give me death." "If life on earth is [a man’s] purpose, he has a right to live as a rational being" Objectivism Online Chat The Objectivist philosophy on art in a nutshell By 123Me, May 7 Hi, I am looking for information by those who consider themselves to have a basic grasp of Objectivist philosophy, mainly aesthetics. My question involves all art, but without that option in the forum I figure that I should put it in the visual art spot. So, my base assumption is that with Objectivism, there is a particular standard for art, namely, idealism if I remember reading right. Can someone please explain to me the concept of idealism in art, looking kind of for a "idealism in a 2 replies 114 views Add Reply Reblogged:Two Million MORE Federal Jobs Under Trump By Gus Van Horn blog, 2 hours ago John Stossel offers a rebuttal to the idea that Trump "drained the swamp" even a little bit during his first term:I’ve noted Trump’s spending contribution to "Bidenflation" here before, but had not seen other specific examples of his profligacy mentioned until this column. Specifically, I did not know about the two million new federal employees he hired. The welfare state is so big that size can be a proxy for abuse of governmentbut only if we remind ourselves of the proper purpose of gove 0 replies 6 views Add Reply My Ethical Theory and Rand’s By Boydstun, May 7 My Ethical Theory and Rand’s Perception of mind-independent existence is fundamental to human consciousness, though not the whole of what is fundamental in human consciousness. Existence exists, we live.” The act of grasping that statement implies that things exist, including you and I conscious living selves, our consciousness being something alive and being the faculty of perceiving that which exists. No one understanding the statement Existence exists,” whether uttered, signed, or 4 replies 190 views Add Reply What does my mind need? By HowardRoarkSpaceDetective, May 7 I’m reading Viable Values by Tara Smith. I’ve really enjoyed it as she covers a lot of questions I don’t typically hear addressed by Rand or Piekoff in terms that I understand. She brought up an issue that has baffled me for a long time: motivation. She discusses what man’s psychological needs are, and how most of the values that constitute "flourishing" are values because they keep us from forgetting why we’re doing what we’re doing or that we’re capable of doing it. I recently heard Harry Bins 10 replies 213 views Add Reply Objectivism: my fall from reason?? By Ogg_Vorbis, April 24 Hello, Over the past 5 days I have lost my entire philosophical framework which was Objectivism, the philosophy of Ayn Rand. I have come to realize huge issues with the ethics, and now the rest is also starting to unravel. I have spent a great deal of time researching other philosophy, and I feel somewhat ashamed at how ignorant I was. I feel human again, it’s hard to explain. I feel almost like I had abandoned myself. Trying to use reason to justify every desire is not only impossible but 36 replies 764 views Add Reply Israelo-Palestinian Conflict: 2023 Edition By AlexL, October 8, 2023 Breaking NewsIsrael Under Attack 557 replies 17216 views Add Reply How is existence meaningful as an axiom? By 8g9, May 7 How is existence meaningful as an axiom. (I messed up the topic accidentally. My apologies) 29 replies 470 views Add Reply "Only in America" is right! By KendallJ, March 10, 2007 By Kendall J from The Crucible & Column,cross-posted by MetaBlog "Maybe I shouldn’t disagree with the Oracle of Omaha," I interjected, "but I think that the stock [Coca Cola] will take a big hit tomorrow [the day after announcing the resignation of CEO Doug Ivester]." Unfortunately I was proved to be right as the stock declined about 10%. Warren [buffet], to his credit, chased me down in Washington the next day to say, "I’m sorry, I was wrong and you were right. You are t 3 replies 1240 views Add Reply Reblogged:Ad Hominem Is Dumb, Coming and Going By Gus Van Horn blog, 23 hours ago A couple of headlines this morning reminded me of the logical fallacy named above, which Wikipedia reminds us:The first headline this reminded me of was "Trump: ’Hannibal Lecter Is a Wonderful Man’" at The Hill. Other outlets jumping on the storyin an attempt to make news out of a word salad/feeble attempt at humoradded such things as in apparent praise of the cannibal. I am no fan of Donald Trump, but I’m pretty sure he wasn’t advocating cannibalism. Just a hunch. My quick read of on 0 replies 37 views Add Reply Reblogged:Blog Roundup By Gus Van Horn blog, Friday at 01:19 PM A Friday Hodgepodge 1. In "Analyzing the Hamas Sympathizers," Peter Schwartz explains how altruismthe idea that we owe relief to the needy regardless of why they are needyfuels the unjust and puzzling sympathy for Hamas we are seeing today. Schwartz ends his piece with a quote from someone who has been undeterred by Palestinian barbarism from Day 1:Incidentally, tyranny of need Schwartz describes, explains many other aspects of the decades-old conflict between Israel and the "Palestin 2 replies 104 views Add Reply Prev 1 2 3 4 5 6 Next Page 1 of 2556 Portal by DevFuse · Based on IP.Board Portal by IPS Objectivism Explained ARI on Ayn Rand’s Ideas ARI on Ayn Rand’s Philosophy The Objective Standard Ayn Rand Lexicon Ayn Rand’s Life Timeline Biography Legacy Library There’s more... 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