Ayn Rand indeed regarded Anna Karenina as her least favorite novel. She presented her negative analysis of Anna Karenina in the article...
Ayn Rand indeed regarded Anna Karenina as her least favorite novel. She presented her negative analysis of Anna Karenina in the article...
If only Progressivism could be a genus of Objectivism! But, alas, no.The Progressive movement was originally an intellectual and political
Objectivism holds that in a society in which people deal with each other by trade, there will exist a "pyramid of ability." It is a pyramid
The Objectivist answer to poverty and other social problems is: 1) create a society in which people have clear reasons to be responsible...
Subjective criteria like "I like it" of course can't be proven as you say. And that is, in fact, why they are wrong. I can't add any more..
Please see our Q&A " What is the Objectivist View of Law and Government ?" which describes the general Objectivist approach to politics. Thi
First, let me remark that you are right that Objectivism doesn't share Singer's idea of interest. We can see this by looking at the real...
Ayn Rand is not a revered figure in academic philosophy at this time. But there is a growing body of scholarship on her ideas by academic
Rights are fundamental political principles. As such, they are based in morality. They summarize how human beings ought to be treated in a
"Individualism" is a term for classifying theories, such as ethical or social theories. Any theory that places the individual foremost or
One of the strangest stories in English literature is the rise and fall of Joseph Addison’s Cato, which was first performed in London in....
Individualism seemed to have few accomplishments and fewer adherents, back when I first encountered it, some forty-five years ago...
理查·亨利·陶尼(Richard Henry Tawney,1880-1962 年)是一位英國歷史學家,他的大部分職業生涯都在倫敦經濟學院度過。他寫了大量關於
Among the repercussions of last September's terrorist attacks is a heightened awareness among Objectivists of a phenomenon we, as lovers of
Spring 2009 -- If you’ve ever been queried by a skeptic who doubts the very existence of reality, you know how aggravating...
February 2002 -- The virtue of selfishness has become a tough sell. Before September 11, one could score points for egoism by elaborating