Gay Marriage
There is no established Objectivist position on gay marriage per se. However, I think Objectivism can be seen to apply to the issues at hand
Jan 25, 2011
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There is no established Objectivist position on gay marriage per se. However, I think Objectivism can be seen to apply to the issues at hand
Happiness is a complex emotion that proceeds from living one’s life with success and intensity. To achieve it, one must correctly identify
In a general sense, Objectivists hold that children should be legally protected from abuse and from extremes of parental neglect. There is..
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
Ayn Rand argued that those who mete out death to others certainly deserve it back as a matter of justice (assuming that we are speaking of..
In 1973 the U.S. Supreme Court declared a constitutionally protected right to abortion. Far from resolving the debate that gave rise to it..
Rights only apply to rational beings whose needs are best fulfilled by production and trade...
One firm belief that I bring to the Business Rights Center is: Philosophy matters. Without a theoretical defense of the fundamentals...
November 2001 -- The Assault on Civilization , posted October 12, 2001. Published in the November 2001 Navigator . The position of The
November 2001 -- One of the most popular mantras, following the terrorist attacks of September 11, declares how great it is to see Americans
December 2001 -- Greek Ways: How the Greeks Created Western Civilization . By Bruce Thornton. (San Francisco, California: Encounter Books..
Objectivism holds that the basis of all law should be individual rights to life, liberty, and property. These rights are commonly called...
If I understand the Bush administration's proposal from early 2005, it was intended to transition the Social Security system to something
The Objectivist answer to poverty and other social problems is: 1) create a society in which people have clear reasons to be responsible...
Subjective criteria like "I like it" of course can't be proven as you say. And that is, in fact, why they are wrong. I can't add any more..
Please see our Q&A " What is the Objectivist View of Law and Government ?" which describes the general Objectivist approach to politics. Thi
Rights are fundamental political principles. As such, they are based in morality. They summarize how human beings ought to be treated in a
Ayn Rand defined a right as a "moral principle defining and sanctioning a man's freedom of action in a social context" (The Virtue of
Whoever makes something, having bought or contracted for all other held resources used in the process…is entitled to it. The situation is no
Individualism seemed to have few accomplishments and fewer adherents, back when I first encountered it, some forty-five years ago...