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Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand
- 14. The conflict of Plato versus Aristotle
- 15. is the conflict of Mysticism versus Reason
- 18. “My philosophy, in essence,
- 19. is the concept of man as a heroic being,
- 20. with his own happiness as the moral purpose of his life,
- 21. with productive achievement as his noblest activity,
- 22. and reason as his only absolute.”
- 26. and reason as his only absolute.”
- 27. OBJECTIVISM
- 28. OBJECTIVISM The Philosophy of Ayn Rand
- 30. Metaphysics What kind of world is it?
- 31. Metaphysics Epistemology What kind of world is it? How do I know?
- 32. Metaphysics Epistemology What kind of world is it? How do I know?
- 33. Metaphysics Epistemology What kind of world is it? How do I know?
- 34. Metaphysics Epistemology What kind of world is it? How do I know? Ethics Dealing with others
- 35. Metaphysics Epistemology What kind of world is it? How do I know? Ethics Dealing with others
- 36. Metaphysics Epistemology What kind of world is it? How do I know? Ethics Dealing with others Politics Living in Society
- 37. Metaphysics Epistemology What kind of world is it? How do I know? Ethics Dealing with others Politics Living in Society
- 38. Reality - the external world exists.
- 39. Law of Identity. (Aristotle) A is A.
- 40. Reality exists as an objective absolute
- 41. facts are facts,
- 42. independent of man’s feelings, wishes, hopes or fears.
- 44. Reality is Independent of Consciousness
- 45. Reality is unaffected by your wishes and desires
- 46. Cause and Effect - things act in accordance with their nature
- 47. No miracles.
- 48. Objectivism Rejects any belief in the supernatural
- 56. Metaphysics Epistemology What kind of world is it? How do I know? Ethics Dealing with others Politics Living in Society
- 57. Reason is man’s means of acquiring knowledge.
- 58. Reason, is the faculty which identifies and integrates
- 59. the material provided by man’s Senses.
- 60. Reason is man’s only means of perceiving Reality,
- 61. his only source of Knowledge,
- 62. his only guide to Action,
- 63. and his basic means of Survival.
- 64. Consciousness
- 65. the task of man’s consciousness is to perceive reality, not to create or invent it.
- 69. Objectivism Rejects mysticism - (any acceptance of faith or feeling as a tool of cognition).
- 75. Metaphysics Epistemology What kind of world is it? How do I know? Ethics Dealing with others Politics Living in Society
- 76. Man, Every Man, is an end in himself,
- 77. not a means to the ends of others.
- 78. Man must Live for his own sake,
- 79. neither sacrificing himself to others
- 80. Nor sacrificing others to himself.
- 81. NO SACRIFICING!
- 82. The pursuit of his own Rational Self-Interest
- 83. and of his own Happiness
- 84. is the Highest Moral Purpose of His Life.
- 85. Not based on whim
- 86. What makes Ethics Necessary?
- 87. Man’s Life
- 89. the claim that Morality consists in living for others or for society.
- 90. "There is one word—a single word—which can blast the morality of altruism out of existence and which it cannot withstand—the word: 'Why?'
- 91. Why must man live for the sake of others? Why is that the good?
- 92. There is no earthly reason for it—and, ladies and gentlemen, in the whole history of philosophy no earthly reason has ever been given." - Ayn Rand
- 93. The basic Social Principle of the Objectivist Ethics
- 94. No man or group has the right to initiate the use of physical force
- 98. Men have the Right to use Force Only in Self-Defense
- 101. Men must deal with each other as Traders
- 103. Value for Value, by Free, Mutual Consent to Mutual Benefit.
- 105. The Principle of Trade is the only Rational, Ethical Principle for all Human Relationships.
- 106. It is the Principle of Justice.
- 107. A trader is a man who earns what he gets and does not take the undeserved.
- 109. Objectivist Virtues
- 110. Rationality
- 111. Cardinal Virtue leading to all other Virtues
- 112. Rationality - using Reason to identify Reality
- 113. Honesty
- 114. the Refusal to fake reality
- 115. Integrity
- 116. Consistency in the application of Reason
- 117. Productivity
- 118. Working to Create one’s Values
- 120. Independence
- 121. don’t leave your thinking to others
- 123. Pride
- 124. Pursuit of Moral Perfection
- 125. related to Self-Esteem - the belief that one is capable of Gaining Values
- 126. and that one Deserves them
- 134. Justice
- 135. Principle of applying Reason to the Actions of other men
- 136. giving people what they Deserve
- 140. Metaphysics Epistemology What kind of world is it? How do I know? Ethics Dealing with others Politics Living in Society
- 141. The only social system that bars physical force from human relationships is
- 144. Capitalism is a system based on the recognition of Individual Rights,
- 150. The only function of the government is to protect Individual Rights
- 151. How?
- 152. the police, to protect you from criminals;
- 153. the army, to protect you from foreign invaders;
- 154. and the courts, to protect your property and contracts from breach or fraud from others,
- 155. to settle disputes by rational rules,
- 156. according to objective laws.
- 157. Objectivism Rejects any form of collectivism, such as fascism, communism, or socialism.
- 162. Objectivism Rejects the current “mixed economy”
- 166. Objectivism Rejects any “redistribution of wealth”
- 167. Objectivism fights for the philosophical base which Capitalism did not have
- 168. and without the moral justification, it is doomed to perish.
- 172. Metaphysics Epistemology Objective Reality Reason
- 173. Metaphysics Epistemology Objective Reality Reason Ethics Self-Interest
- 174. Metaphysics Epistemology Objective Reality Reason Ethics Self-Interest Politics Laissez-faire Capitalism
- 177. Metaphysics Epistemology Ethics Politics Aesthetics
- 178. for the Philosophers
- 179. Consciousness
- 182. primacy of existence versus primacy of consciousness
- 184. Objectivism provides an advantage in the world because it is based on an Objective Reality
- 187. is/ought
- 188. changing the culture - 25 years?
- 192. I regard compassion as proper only toward those who are innocent victims, but not toward those who are morally guilty. If one feels compassion for the victims of a concentration camp, one cannot feel it for the torturers. If one does feel compassion for the torturers, it is an act of moral treason toward the victims
- 195. DEFINITIONS ARE THE GUARDIANS OF REASON. WE HAVE TO USE PRECISE LANGUAGE SO WE CAN MEAN WHAT WE SAY.
- 198. Metaphysics Epistemology OBJECTIVE REALITY REASON Ethics SELF-INTEREST Politics LAISSEZ-FAIRE CAPITALISM
- 199. Objective Reality Reason Self-Interest Laissez-faire Capitalism
Editor's Notes
- Who has Read Ayn Rand? \nFICTION?\nNON-FICTION?\n
- THE FOUTAINHEAD WAS MY INTRODUCTION TO THE PHILOSOPHY. \n\n
- 1,000 PAGE NOVEL SELLING 500,000 COPIES A YEAR\n54 YEARS LATER\n\n
- my moment to promote books audiobooks...\nIF YOU AREN’T READING YOU AREN’T KEEPING UP\n
- THE MOVIE COMING NEXT MONTH PART ONE\nTHE NOVEL WAS WRITTEN IN THREE PARTS\n\n
- OBJECTIVISTS WORRIED THE MOVIE WON’T STAY TRUE TO THE NOVEL AND WILL GET THE “HOLLYWOOD TREATMENT” BUT MOVIES ALWAYS HELP SELL BOOKS AND OBJECTIVISTS ARE LOOKING TO GET AYN RAND’S IDEAS INTO THE CULTURE\n
- HER PHILOSOPHY IS EXPLICITLY STATED IN THIS BOOK- OBJECTIVISM: THE PHILOSOPHY OF AYN RAND\n
- THERE ARE ALSO MANY OTHER NON-FICTION BOOKS ON OBJECTIVISM. \nTHESE TWO ARE THE ONES I MOST HEAR ABOUT AS INTRODUCING THE MOST PEOPLE TO OBJECTIVISM. \nPHILOSOPHY: WHO NEEDS IT, FOR THE NEW INTELLECTUAL\n
- AYN RAND WAS ASKED - WAS SHE PRIMARILY A NOVELIST OR A PHILOSOPHER. HER ANSWER WAS THAT SHE WAS BOTH, SHE HAD TO DISCOVER THE PHILOSOPHY IN ORDER TO PORTRAY HER IDEAL MAN.\n\n
- EARLY PAINTING OF THE DALLAS PHILOSOPHER’S FORUM!\nRaphael. The School of Athens. \n
- TWO MOST FAMOUS PLATO AND ARISTOTLE\n
- -PLATO’S GESTURE DESCRIBES THE ESSENCE OF HIS PHILOSOPHY..AS POINTS TO THE HEAVENS/THE ‘FORMS’\n-ARISTOTLE OUTLINING THE importance of metaphysics - A IS A. FATHER OF LOGIC. \n
- -PLATO’S GESTURE DESCRIBES THE ESSENCE OF HIS PHILOSOPHY..AS POINTS TO THE HEAVENS/THE ‘FORMS’\n-ARISTOTLE OUTLINING THE importance of metaphysics - A IS A. FATHER OF LOGIC. \n
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- Ayn Rand “ the SUPREMACY OF REASON WILL BE THE PRIMARY CONCERN OF MY WORK”\n
- AYN RAND SAID HER PHILOSOPHY WAS A PHILOSOPHY FOR LIVING ON THIS EARTH\n
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- REVIEW WITH PICTURES - CONCEPT OF MAN AS A HEROIC BEING, NOT A SINNER. A HEROIC BEING!\n\n
- HAPPINESS, his own happiness, AS THE MORAL PURPOSE OF HIS LIFE..not the happiness of the gods, the state, his neighbor\n
- MAN IS THE RATIONAL ANIMAL WHO MUST THINK AND PRODUCE...PRODUCTIVE ACHIEVEMENT IS HIS NOBLEST ACTIVITY\n
- REASON. IF YOU ONLY REMEMBER ONE WORD FROM TONIGHTS LECTURE ABOUT OBJECTIVISM, IT SHOULD BE REASON.\n
- LETS GET TO THE BRANCHES OF PHILOSOPHY\n
- IN PRESENTING OBJECTIVISM, I WILL COVER THE VARIOUS BRANCHES OF PHILOSOPHY\n
- IN PRESENTING OBJECTIVISM, I WILL COVER THE VARIOUS BRANCHES OF PHILOSOPHY\n
- IN PRESENTING OBJECTIVISM, I WILL COVER THE VARIOUS BRANCHES OF PHILOSOPHY\n
- IN PRESENTING OBJECTIVISM, I WILL COVER THE VARIOUS BRANCHES OF PHILOSOPHY\n
- IN PRESENTING OBJECTIVISM, I WILL COVER THE VARIOUS BRANCHES OF PHILOSOPHY\n
- IN PRESENTING OBJECTIVISM, I WILL COVER THE VARIOUS BRANCHES OF PHILOSOPHY\n
- IN PRESENTING OBJECTIVISM, I WILL COVER THE VARIOUS BRANCHES OF PHILOSOPHY\n
- basic branch. the nature of the universe as a whole, what is real, are there two realities, how does reality operate. What kind of world is it? is reality knowable to man? What happens to you when you die?\n
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- EVERYTHING AVAILABLE TO THE SENSES\n
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- things are what they are and do what they do\n
- No use praying.\n
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- No Heaven, No Hell, No “Enlightenment”\n
- No magical deminsions of half human, half animal\n
- No Karmic forces causing\n
- EARTHQUAKES\n
- OR TSUNAMIES. ACCORDING TO KARMA, THOSE PEOPLE EARNED IT, THEY DESERVED IT.\n
- NO SPIRITS WITH MAGICAL POWERS\n
- DID I MENTION, NO HEAVEN? there is a story OF A RICH TEXAN OFFERING AYN RAND A MILLION DOLLARS TO ADD IN GOD TO HER PHILOSOPHY\n
- Reason + Logic + Science? Faith + Feeling + Revelation ?\nAre we dreaming? Is God tricking us?\n
- REASON MEANS START WITH THE SENSES AND USE LOGIC TO COME TO CONCLUSIONS. \n
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- CONTRAST WITH MYSTICISM, THE VIEW THAT THEIR IS A NONRATIONAL NON SENSORY MEANS OF KNOWLEDGE. \n\n
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- yes you could mooch or loot, but somebody had to produce for you to Live\n
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- CONSCIOUSNESS DOES NOT CREATE REALITY OR ALTER REALITY\n
- CONSCIOUSNESS PROCESSES THE DATA FROM THE SENSES. \nALL KNOWLEDGE IS PROCESSED.\n
- the Reality is that this young person is sitting in a room with peeling paint, dirty floor, crawled up in the corner... no matter what they are ‘experiencing’ via the electrical hookup.... there’s not ‘their reality’, your reality, my reality, there is only the external world ‘reality’. CONTEXT VARIES GREATLY BUT THAT DOESNT ALTER REALITY. \n
- MYSTICISM MEANS YOU CAN DISPENSE WITH THE SENSES - ARGUMENTATION, LOGIC, YOU USE FAITH, REVELATION, INTUITION, ESP, ETC... \n
- OBJECTIVISM REJECTS MYSTIC BOLTS OF REVELATIONS FROM THE HEAVENS\n
- OBJECTIVISM REJECTS ALL RELIGIONS\n
- NO GODS OR KINGS, ONLY MAN\nBIOSHOCK..EMMA GOLDMAN, ANARCHIST\n
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- (the claim that certainty or knowledge is impossible). \n\n\n
- \nTRADE? TRICK? FORCE? SACRIFICE?\nTHERE ARE PHILOSOPHERS WHO ADVOCATE EACH OF THESE\n
- OBJECTIVIST POSITION ON ETHICS\n
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- THINKING STOPS AT THE POINT OF A GUN\n
- FORCE IS THE OPPOSITE OF REASON\nWhen men abandon reason, physical force becomes their only means of dealing with one another and of settling disagreements.\n
- OBJECTIVISM REJECTS MOOCHING AND LOOTING\n
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- FORCE AND MIND ARE OPPOSITES: MORALITY ENDS WHERE A GUN BEGINS\n
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- I TRADED $200 FOR AN IPHONE. IT WAS A WIN/WIN. A GOOD TRADE FOR ME, AND A GOOD TRADE FOR APPLE. NO FORCE WAS INVOLVED.\n
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- OBJECTIVISM HOLDS THAT MORALITY IS FOR YOUR LIFE! THE MORAL IS THE PRACTICAL. \nAYN RAND TOOK MORALITY SERIOUSLY\n
- OBJECTIVISM PROVIDES AN ADVANTAGE IN THE WORLD BECAUSE IT IS BASED ON REALITY. \n
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- THINK FOR YOURSELF\n
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- Better to be lowly in spirit and among the oppressed than proud. \nHumility comes before honor\n
- Better to be lowly in spirit and among the oppressed than proud. \nHumility comes before honor\n
- I WANT TO GIVE ALL CREDIT TO THE FOOTBALL GOD WHO PICKED ME!!!\nNEVER MIND THE THOUSANDS OF HOURS MY COACHES, TEAMMATES AND I PUT INTO THE PRACTICE OF OUR SKILLS.\n
- THE OPPOSITE VIEW FROM OBJECTIVISM WOULD BE “MAN THE SINNER FOR EATING OF THE TREE OF KNOWLEDGE”\n
- Buffalo Bills receiver Steve Johnson did what any modern day athlete would—he tweeted to the Almighty. "I praise you 24/7!!! And this how you do me!!! You expect me to learn from this???How??? I'll never forget this!! Ever!! Thx Tho." No word yet from God.\n
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- I had the opportunity to thank Leonard Piekoff this past summer for he and Ayn Rand changing my life for the better WITH THIS BOOK\n
- WHICH EXPLICITLY STATES AND EXPLAINS OBJECTIVISM: THE PHILOSOPHY OF AYN RAND\n
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- .....HOW SHOULD MEN BE GOVERNED? WHAT SHOULD BE THE RESTRICTIONS ON GOVERNMENT? WHAT DOES THE TEST BED OF HISTORY HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THE LIVES OF MEN IN DIFFERENT STYLES OF GOVERNMENTS?\n
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- NOT CRONY CAPITALISM, NOT COMPASSIONATE CONSERVATIVE CAPITALISM, NOT YOUR BROTHERS KEEPER CAPITALISM\n
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- COLLECTIVISM VIOLATES INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS\n
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- THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE OUT OF ‘BUSINESS’ IN THE SAME WAY IT IS SEPARATE FROM RELIGION. \nIT HAS NO VIEWPOINT OR INTERVENTION.\nCURRENTLY THE GOVERNMENT CAN STEP IN AND ACT TO HELP A GROUP, THEN ANOTHER GOUP JUMPS IN AND WANTS HELP... EVERY CONTROL CREATES MORE CONTROL. ALWAYS LEADS TO DICTATORSHIP.\n
- NO RUSHING IN AND PROCLAIMING AN EMERGENCY AND YOU NEED $800 BILLION OR THE WHOLE WORLD IS GOING TO COLLAPSE\n
- HE FLIPPED OVER 40 YEARS AGO TO THE DARK SIDE. GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION IN THE MONEY SUPPLY AND INTEREST RATES. ANYBODY PROCLAIMING ALAN GREENSPAN PROVED AYN RAND’S IDEAS ARE WRONG IS EITHER LAZY OR DISHONEST. I’M CALLING OUR MATT TAIBI OF ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE AND BILL MAHER’S PROGRAM ON HBO\n
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- LIBERTY. INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS. FREEDOM FROM. FREEDOM OF ACTION.\nNOT FREE STUFF! HEALTHCARE, INCOME, FOOD, HOUSING... \n
- RECAP OF WHERE WE ENDED UP WITH THE BRANCHES OF PHILOSOPHY\n
- RECAP OF WHERE WE ENDED UP WITH THE BRANCHES OF PHILOSOPHY\n
- RECAP OF WHERE WE ENDED UP WITH THE BRANCHES OF PHILOSOPHY\n
- RECAP OF WHERE WE ENDED UP WITH THE BRANCHES OF PHILOSOPHY\n
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- OBJECTIVISM PROVIDES AN ADVANTAGE IN THE THE WORLD BECAUSE IT IS TRUE BASED ON AN OBJECTIVE REALITY\n
- NEXT TIME YOU SEE THIS BILLBOARD YOU WILL KNOW A BIT MORE ABOUT THE PHILOSOPHY. \n\n\n\nTHANK YOU AND NOW TIME FOR WHAT I HOPE WILL BE AN INTERESTING Q&A.\n
- QUOTE FROM AYN RAND AT THE EPCOT CENTER IN FLORIDA\n
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- DEFINITIONS ARE THE GUARDIANS OF REASON. WE HAVE TO USE PRECISE LANGUAGE SO WE CAN MEAN WHAT WE SAY.\n
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- IN PRESENTING OBJECTIVISM, I WILL COVER THE VARIOUS BRANCHES OF PHILOSOPHY\n
- IN PRESENTING OBJECTIVISM, I WILL COVER THE VARIOUS BRANCHES OF PHILOSOPHY\n