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@naleyan I also find miraclelurker's comment to lack any understanding of Ayn Rand and Objectivism.

But I find your response revolting. It lacks proper spelling and grammar, and worst of all, it is on the edge of being threatening. This kind of comment is very counterproductive, and I vehemen...

Sam Harris is right to look for an objective morality, but he's late to the party, and doesn't get to the root of the problem of morality. Ayn Rand has already developed a secular, objective morality with human flourishing as its basis. Her moral thought starts at the beginning: Why do humans nee...

I find that most who dismiss Ayn Rand’s morality don’t really understand it. Her “selfishness” is long-term, principled self-interest. People are a combination of the physical and mental, and your self-interest includes psychological values. Self-interest is not to be reduced to only the physical...

Objective doesn’t mean unconditional. It’s your choice to live that gives morality its "authority" over you. It's observable (objectively) that living creatures' ultimate goal is survival/reproduction, (they are not the means to any other end.) As a human, you can choose your ultimate value other...

@marilynr46 That is incorrect. The "problems of capitalism" both recent and historical, were caused by government intervention in the economy. If capitalism (such as it is in its current, government-polluted form) fails, it will be government regulation that brings it down. Full, laissez-faire c...

There is an objective morality flowing from objective facts. It was discovered by Ayn Rand, and constitutes the Objectivist morality. I recommend reading Rand's nonfiction books, then Viable Values by Tara Smith.

Selfishness, as the term is used by Ayn Rand, is NOT easy or automatic. Being truly selfish (acting on one's own, long-term, principled self-interest) requires a great deal of deep thought, planning and self-discipline. People who act on short-range impulses are not being truly self-interested, b...

I find that most who dismiss Ayn Rand’s morality don’t really understand it. Her “selfishness” is long-term, principled self-interest. People are a combination of the physical and mental, and your self-interest includes psychological values. Self-interest is not to be reduced to only the physical...

I find that most who dismiss Ayn Rand’s morality don’t really understand it. Her “selfishness” is long-term, principled self-interest. People are a combination of the physical and mental, and your self-interest includes psychological values. Self-interest is not to be reduced to only the physical...

I find that most who dismiss Ayn Rand’s morality don’t really understand it. Her “selfishness” is long-term, principled self-interest. People are a combination of the physical and mental, and your self-interest includes psychological values. Self-interest is not to be reduced to only the physical...

I find that most who dismiss Ayn Rand’s morality don’t really understand it. Her “selfishness” is long-term, principled self-interest. People are a combination of the physical and mental, and your self-interest includes psychological values. Self-interest is not to be reduced to only the physical...

I find that most who dismiss Ayn Rand’s morality don’t really understand it. Her “selfishness” is long-term, principled self-interest. People are a combination of the physical and mental, and your self-interest includes psychological values. Self-interest is not to be reduced to only the physical...

@wwww1010101010 I mean, seriously, what economic theory do you think the Fed has been using for the past 70 years?

@coby2232 I say start with less of the government regulation that causes short term thinking, and more freedom, that encourages long-range planning. When one is free to make money in the long term, trying to get away with fraud becomes less attractive, since it carries a high risk of prison time.

If you want to know what you can do to make for a better second half for all of us, read Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand. Then read Rand's nonfiction works. Her philosophy of life is the answer to many of today's problems. Or don't and let us continue on a slow, downward spiral; y...

If you want to know what you can do to make for a better second half for all of us, read Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand. Then read Rand's nonfiction works. Her philosophy of life is the answer to many of today's problems. Or don't and let us continue on a slow downward spiral; yo...

OWS is not your friend, Mr. Johnson, just move along. They are mostly big-government types, who want the government to regulate business more, and subsidize them. I suggest talking to Objectivists at the Ayn Rand Institute to find better friends. Perhaps they could even convince you that the way ...

Definitely fake. The guy starts going down without her taking him down, and puts up no resistance at the start, when she hasn't hit him, or locked his arm.

@snipzor If you want to know whether consistent rationality is possible, strive for it; it's your only chance at a real, deep, lasting happiness. I would suggest starting with reading the nonfiction of Ayn Rand.