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Objectivism And The Work Of Ayn Rand
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Objectivism is a philosophy which developed around a woman named Ayn Rand
in the 50s and 60s. She came to the country from Russia in the 1920s and
worked in Hollywood as an extra in pictures and as a writer. Her most
famous books are actuall .... Middle of Term Paper
... Hence, "wishing
does not make it so." There are definite laws of causality which are in
effect, and are inescapable. She attempts to derive a morality from this
view of metaphysics. She believe that man (sic) is a certain type of
being: a rational animal. Man is the only form of being which must
actually think in order to survive. This, to her, implies that it is
RIGHT for man to think. The good is that which is useful to and promotes
life. The life in question is ones own life. However, one doesn't have
the responsibility for the lives of others, except in a negative sense..
not to interfere with the rights of others to pursue th ... |
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