In it's most basic form, the ideas of objectivism can be seen summarized at this address: http://www.aynrand.org/objectivism/essentials.html |
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Click here to go to the Ayn Rand Institute home page the authoritative source on the Internet for Ayn Rands ideas. |
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AYN RAND
There is none... we're all just a cosmic chance occurance. This does not take away from what it means to be human though. We have the ability to achieve great things. The best way to achieve these wonders can be seen below. Believe in yourself, not God! |
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"My philosophy, in essense, is the concept of man as a heroic being, with his own happiness as the moral purpose of his life, with productive achievement as his noblest activity, and reason as his only absolute." |
"Do you believe in God, Andrei?" These are some of the core conepts that are so close to the heart of one of the most sensible philosophies of all time. Created by Ayn Rand, Objectivism has gained world wide acclaim as well as criticism due to it's logical but controversial message. Selfishness is good. "Men have been taught that the highest virtue is not to achieve, but to give. Yet one cannot give that which has not been created. Creation comes before distribution- or there will be nothing to distribute. The need of the creator comes before the need of any possible beneficiary. Yet we are taught to admire the second-hander who dispenses gifts he has not produced above the man who made the gifts possible. We praise an act of charity. We shrug at an act of achievement." Ayn Rand Objectivism relies on pure competition. Why let anyone ride on your coat-tails? To push humanity to a higher level wouldn't it make sense that everyone do their best to achieve all that they can rather than suck society down to a lower level by leeching on to those who are actually doing what they should? You have no responsibility for others. For man to reach his apex he needs to be unfettered by the needs of others. Your only responsibility is your own productivity and happiness. |
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