... as a non-strict Catholic which emerged into a Christian fundamentalist view in high school, which faded away into areligiousness and atheism in college (albeit an atheism tinged with weird influences, like Objectivism, Islam, and Scientology). Somewhere in that process, I became a member of (and then a moderator for) convert_me, and so if you look in the community archives under 2005, 2006 or so,...
... tell me about you and Objectivism," I started. She ably described ... end, I left feeling that Objectivism itself was fundamentally baseless (or ... a little more reading on Objectivism. It's main premise is ... it seemed to me that Objectivism misses the point that it ... say that I find that Objectivism's first axiom, Identity ("A ... truly not objective, how does Objectivism defend itself when its primary ...
Hi, everyone. I added some friends to this blog this afternoon, friends of my alter ego... theonides . I'm afraid that blog has become a lot of "I'm stressed out and my teaching is killing me" friends-only posts, broken only occasionally with articles I find. But I also have some theists and other believers in what I consider to be medical quakery, and while these people are really nice ...
... to be found in those essays? It is a creed against exploitation and slavery of man, so why would stealing resources and enslaving people for the altruistic causes of God and "progress" be acceptable by Objectivist standards? My interest in Objectivism is completely discarded, but I may keep The Fountainhead under my mattress for the occasional indulgence. edit: a moment of Wikiality.
I used to care. I used to squirm. I used to suffer all under their scorn. They’d say selfish. I’d cower at the sound. Say it now. I’ll laugh for it’s the sweetest word. Without it there is no life worth living, no memory worth keeping. But back then, difference meant sin. They were always right and I wrong. Now I refuse no lonely battle. I shout, “Bring it on!” For...
I'm gonna sell or give away a lot of my stuff. Then I'm gonna move out of California. Where do you suggest I live in order to gain a real sense of the world? You know, be kicked around, learn to have self esteem from the fact of my existence, that kind of stuff. Serious question. After about the 5th suicide attempt this month I think it's time for me to leave the comfort of my current living ...
Finished Atlas Shrugged . What a bunch of romantic drivel. Carrying that book in public made me feel like I was carrying Mein Kampf instead. Probably just as dangerous. As much I hate Ayn Rand, we do have some common ground. However I seriously doubt altruism is the root of all evil. One of her main acolytes, Alan Greenspan, is really getting a whipping right now for the state of the ...
Это тот самый случай, когда мизесовский субъективизм в праксеологии очень удачно сочетается с рэндианским объективизмом в этике (несмотря на кажущуюся противоположность этих понятий). Объективизм в этике (и в философии в целом) базируется на ОБЪЕКТИВНОСТИ, универсальности логики и разума. Следовательно, процесс достижения счастья можно ОБЪЕКТИВНО познать (несмотря на многообразие ...
