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Ayn Rand? Really? There's a reason her "objectivism" isn't discussed in philosophy courses. It's nonsense conservative rhetoric that has nothing to do with the
by nefitty 11y ago
Ayn Rand? Really? There's a reason her "objectivism" isn't discussed in philosophy courses. It's nonsense conservative rhetoric that has nothing to do with the academic discipline. John Oliver summed it up nicely: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8m8cQI4DgM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8m8cQI4DgM
- maxharris 11y agoThere's a reason her "objectivism" isn't discussed in philosophy courses Actually, this isn't true. In the fall of 2010, I took a philosophy course (at the University of Wisconsin - Madison) for which we had to read Anthem and The Fountainhead. ... conservative rhetoric Also, I don't think you have a good grasp of Rand's ideas if you think she was a conservative. Rand was an atheist and pro-choice: http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/god.html http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/god.html http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/abortion.html http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/abortion.html
- nefitty 11y agoI'm sorry you had to go through that. Those are "superficial" social issues compared to the deep underlying ideas she had: an obsession with limited government and unfettered capitalism, individual selfishness and a conscious denial of empathy for minority and underprivileged classes. Her overt claim to cut through "contradiction" was itself directly contradicted by the cult of personality that arose around her. She was defensive and lashed out many times when people questioned her results and was just in general a sloppy thinker. She built her "philosophical" edifice to support her personal political ideology which is simple, deluded and inexcusable libertarianism at heart.
- maxharris 11y agoI don't agree with a single thing you've asserted.
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