Read Online - RAND Corporation
... of nation-building, demographic trends, military readiness, the environment, immigration, health care, child development, and other important issues—we look in both directions. We look backward to understand an issue in its historical context, and we look forward to consider the long-term ramificati ...
... of nation-building, demographic trends, military readiness, the environment, immigration, health care, child development, and other important issues—we look in both directions. We look backward to understand an issue in its historical context, and we look forward to consider the long-term ramificati ...
The Intercultural Ethics Agenda from an Objectivist Point of View
... Subjective truth: a proposition or norm P is subjectively true if and only if its truth-value depends on what some relevant individual thinks and that individual thinks P is true. Intersubjective truth: a proposition or norm P is intersubjectively (or conventionally) true if and only if its truth-va ...
... Subjective truth: a proposition or norm P is subjectively true if and only if its truth-value depends on what some relevant individual thinks and that individual thinks P is true. Intersubjective truth: a proposition or norm P is intersubjectively (or conventionally) true if and only if its truth-va ...
James Rachels, “Ethical Egoism”.
... a. Presents “common-sense morality”: although we should look after our own selfinterest, we also have a duty to care for others, especially if it’s at minimum cost to ourselves. b. Presents viewpoint of “Ethical Egoism”: we ought to look out only for what is in our own self-interest (i.e., no “natur ...
... a. Presents “common-sense morality”: although we should look after our own selfinterest, we also have a duty to care for others, especially if it’s at minimum cost to ourselves. b. Presents viewpoint of “Ethical Egoism”: we ought to look out only for what is in our own self-interest (i.e., no “natur ...
Powerpoint - John Provost
... Boss: “By pointing out the importance of selflove, Rand provided an important corrective to moral ideologies that glorify self-sacrifice and putting the needs of others first. However, by universalizing egoism as a moral principle - rather than seeing it as a stage in our moral development - we rema ...
... Boss: “By pointing out the importance of selflove, Rand provided an important corrective to moral ideologies that glorify self-sacrifice and putting the needs of others first. However, by universalizing egoism as a moral principle - rather than seeing it as a stage in our moral development - we rema ...
2012 atlas shrugged winning essay
... choice of actions. The standard of such a code, if it is to serve its purpose, must be man’s life. The acceptance of Galt’s philosophy is not, like the codes of mystics throughout the ages, a duty borne for the sake of some entity outside of oneself; quoting Galt from his radio speech: “Man’s life i ...
... choice of actions. The standard of such a code, if it is to serve its purpose, must be man’s life. The acceptance of Galt’s philosophy is not, like the codes of mystics throughout the ages, a duty borne for the sake of some entity outside of oneself; quoting Galt from his radio speech: “Man’s life i ...
Objectivism 101: Life and Happiness
... automatic indicator of his body's welfare or injury, a barometer of its basic alternative, life or death—so the emotional mechanism of man's consciousness is geared to perform the same function, as a barometer that registers the same alternative by means of two basic emotions: joy or suffering.” Ayn ...
... automatic indicator of his body's welfare or injury, a barometer of its basic alternative, life or death—so the emotional mechanism of man's consciousness is geared to perform the same function, as a barometer that registers the same alternative by means of two basic emotions: joy or suffering.” Ayn ...
Morality and Self
... arguments for psychological egoism, and why they are flawed. ► Selfishness is not the same as selfinterest. ...
... arguments for psychological egoism, and why they are flawed. ► Selfishness is not the same as selfinterest. ...
Capitalism and Morality
... Petersburg, Russia, on 2 February 1905, to Jewish, middle-class parents. When she was 16 she enrolled in the Petrograd University, where she graduated three years later, in 1924. She majored in history, but it was evident that her specialty was philosophy. After graduation, she studied at the State ...
... Petersburg, Russia, on 2 February 1905, to Jewish, middle-class parents. When she was 16 she enrolled in the Petrograd University, where she graduated three years later, in 1924. She majored in history, but it was evident that her specialty was philosophy. After graduation, she studied at the State ...
Philosophy and Ethics
... My logic determines my truth, and it’s mine. My statements can be tested as true or false. Most value statements are nonsense, because they are value-based. Therefore we cannot argue them. But how do we resolve differences? ...
... My logic determines my truth, and it’s mine. My statements can be tested as true or false. Most value statements are nonsense, because they are value-based. Therefore we cannot argue them. But how do we resolve differences? ...
Philosophy and Ethics
... My logic determines my truth, and it’s mine. My statements can be tested as true or false. Most value statements are nonsense, because they are value-based. Therefore we cannot argue them. But how do we resolve differences? ...
... My logic determines my truth, and it’s mine. My statements can be tested as true or false. Most value statements are nonsense, because they are value-based. Therefore we cannot argue them. But how do we resolve differences? ...
Monetary policy and the Mpc: Recognising the facts
... should believe him, in my judgment. But the market as yet is not giving him the benefit of their doubts. They are going to take a great deal of convincing that SA can live within its means by sticking to the strict limits on government spending that it has set for itself. The role the Reserve Bank c ...
... should believe him, in my judgment. But the market as yet is not giving him the benefit of their doubts. They are going to take a great deal of convincing that SA can live within its means by sticking to the strict limits on government spending that it has set for itself. The role the Reserve Bank c ...