An ideal Objectivist society would be one where there would be maximum individual freedom, and minimum governmental functions, primary among
People act unselfishly all the time. Indeed, that is one key to what is wrong with much of the world. It certainly explains why so many love
First, in a free society there really isn't as much of a class system as you may think. The correlation between a person's income and that
Question: I would like to know how Objectivism is different from hedonism, at least as far as morality is concerned. They seem very similar
It is neither always wrong nor always right to hold off having sex until one is married. Whether it is right or wrong for you is a personal
I think you are asking to what extent it is right to embrace and follow teachings that are in some aspect known to be false. Examples would
To be objective means to be based on features of reality that can be observed or deduced by anyone. Scientific experiments are objective....
Objectivism does not have a “strict physicalist doctrine.” It merely holds that whatever exists exists, has identity, and has causal powers
Ayn Rand was a radical thinker, i.e., one who went to the root of long-standing philosophical problems. She was self-consciously opposed to
The person who said that simply misunderstood Objectivism .In social relations, Objectivism holds that your rational self-interest is best
As they evolved over hundreds of millennia, human beings developed some innate physical desires and psychological predispositions through
The Atlas Society does not at this time have an official position on the Free State Project. However, I think it is safe to say that the
In a general sense, Objectivists hold that children should be legally protected from abuse and from extremes of parental neglect. There is..
Objectivism holds that productive work is, as Ayn Rand put it, man’s “noblest activity.” Whether one is a janitor or a philosopher, he
Objectivism holds that there is no "supernatural" world. For more on this, see our Q&A on Religion and our Q&A on metaphysics...
There is no “official” definition of fundamentalism as it relates to secular groups. The term itself is a little difficult to define. Take..
Objectivism views emotions as the result and reflection of an individual's value judgments. Our emotional reactions to events, people and o
Happiness is a complex emotion that proceeds from living one’s life with success and intensity. To achieve it, one must correctly identify
You can find a discussion of one form of "escapism" (fantasy fiction) in my article " The Charms and Enchantments of Fantasy ." Or consider
Deism is the belief that an omnipotent, eternal, and all-knowing God created reality and set its rules, but that the Deity does not interven
