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Objectivism In Under Two Minutes

Posted by khalling 10 years, 6 months ago to Philosophy
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    Posted by Robbie53024 10 years, 6 months ago in reply to this comment.
    As quoted by one sitting in the pew of the religion of AR. Just because she said it, doesn't make it truth.
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  • Posted by jabuttrick 10 years, 6 months ago in reply to this comment.
    A "platform for a moral code" is a system of ethics. There is an Objectivist system of ethics and, in a rudimentary form, most religions have some sort of ethical code (e.g. the Ten Commandments). That much is true, but it sure doesn't mean that objectivism is a religion. And, of course, it is impossible for contradictory ethical systems to be correct. The moral codes of Christianity and Objectivism cannot both be correct. Therefore, they cannot both be "accepted" by the same person. Choose one (or neither).
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  • Posted by $ blarman 10 years, 6 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Glad it worked out for you, I just know that having to tell customers who installed it to "format and restore" before we could troubleshoot their problems was the worst thing they wanted to hear...
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  • Posted by $ jbrenner 10 years, 6 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I'll always have a place in my heart for AOL. They were the best financial investment I ever made.
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  • Posted by $ blarman 10 years, 6 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Yup. I was in the same boat, but I was piggy-backing off my dad's Compuserve account. Never could do AOL, however, after working tech support for Windows 95/98 and seeing how many people's computers it ruined...
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  • Posted by $ blarman 10 years, 6 months ago
    Well done. My congratulations to the Ayn Rand Institute for a very well done video.
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  • Posted by wiggys 10 years, 6 months ago in reply to this comment.
    religion: qua religion, in the sense of blind faith, belief unsupported by, or contrary to, the facts of reality and the conclusions of reason.Faith as such is detrimental to human life: it is the negation of reason.
    playboy interview with AR
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  • Posted by wiggys 10 years, 6 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Religion is for mystics. If you believe in a religion then you can not be an objectivist!
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  • Posted by $ jbrenner 10 years, 6 months ago
    The two minute summary of Objectivism was brief and to the point.

    As an aside, according to the video, Mark Cuban found AR "inspiring". Is there any chance to reconsider Mark Cuban for a role as one of the titans in Atlas Shrugged - Now Non-Fiction?
    I know Khalling had some reason for not liking Mark Cuban that I have since forgotten.

    As the founder of Compuserve, Mark Cuban has long been one of my heroes. Thanks to him, I was on the Internet at the whopping speed of 312 bits per second back in 1985, with one of those CD's he became famous for once AOL bought out Compuserve.
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  • Posted by Herb7734 10 years, 6 months ago
    Not bad.
    If the viewer is turned off by the "selfishness" aspect, then chances are that this is not a mind open enough to accept her philosophy.
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  • Posted by wiggys 10 years, 6 months ago
    ISN'T IT WONDERFUL THAT OVER 60,000 PEOPLE HAVE VIEWED THIS ON YOU TUBE SINCE MARCH OF 2014. THANK YOU FOR POSTING.
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  • Posted by Robbie53024 10 years, 6 months ago in reply to this comment.
    The genesis of the philosophy is immaterial to the essence of it being a philosophy. As I said, if you want to call them all philosophies, that's fine with me. But they are all equal in the fact that they are platforms for a moral code. None is "better or worse" just different. And so long as they are harmonious in their call for living together, then they should all be accepted.
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  • Posted by jabuttrick 10 years, 6 months ago in reply to this comment.
    But those are not the defining characteristics of any religion, including all variants of Christianity. The essence of Christianity is a belief in God and his divine offspring, Jesus Christ. All religions advocate for some entity or force outside of this world. Objectivism does not. Therefore, it is not a religion.
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  • Posted by Robbie53024 10 years, 6 months ago in reply to this comment.
    "It’s an inspirational philosophy of life that promotes individual values." - I could say the same of most of the various persuasions of Christianity. When it comes to how you should behave - morality - then everything is philosophy only, or everything is religion only. You cannot state that one form of moral beliefs is one thing and another is something else, as some are very fond of stating: A=A

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  • Posted by edweaver 10 years, 6 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Objectivism is not a religion. It’s an inspirational philosophy of life that promotes individual values. To me religion is an individual value. Therefore the philosophy of Objectivism is useful to people of all religions or no religion at all. That is the reason I would advocate this message in schools. I don’t see it displacing religion nor would I ever advocate that. Religion is an individual choice.
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  • Posted by khalling 10 years, 6 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I get the spirit of Ed's remark. Really what this is about is introducing a prominent 20 th century philosopher quickly and intriguingly. Perfect for high schoolers. Religion and significant religious leaders are addressed in History classes. At least were when my kids went through. It doesn 't present as an either or to religion. More a who and what. Right now few high schools I 'll bet ever discuss Rand in spite of her achievments. To your last point, individuals can and do assert truths philosophically. Objective reality is the same for you and me. Beliefs are subjective.
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  • Posted by Robbie53024 10 years, 6 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Ed: While I don't have any problem with what was shown in the video, would you advocate for me to play a video of the philosophy of Catholicism or of Judaism? You can say that Objectivism isn't a "religion" so it isn't the same thing, but if it serves to displace religion, then isn't that the same thing? One doesn't get to say that their philosophy is OK because they know it to be "true and real" because others have just as much a right to say so about their philosophy.
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  • Posted by Robbie53024 10 years, 6 months ago
    Selfishness can be misinterpreted - as is benevolence misinterpreted as altruism.
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  • Posted by edweaver 10 years, 6 months ago
    Great find! This should be played in all schools every single day.
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