Objectivism is indeed an interesting philosophy. The Idea of extreme capitalism is fun to entertain (laissez-faire capitalism — i.e., a society in which individual rights are consistently respected and in which all property is (therefore) privately owned) but as everything taken to extreme, it would never work.
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Far from regarding capitalism as a dog-eat-dog pattern of social organization, Objectivism regards it as a beneficent system in which the innovations of the most creative benefit everyone else in the society. Indeed, Objectivism values creative achievement itself and regards capitalism as the only kind of society in which it can flourish.
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Originally Posted by Ayn Rand
Ayn Rand characterized Objectivism as a philosophy "for living on earth," grounded in reality and aimed at achieving knowledge about the natural world and harmonious, mutually beneficial interactions between human beings. Rand wrote:
My philosophy, in essence, 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.
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1. Man as a heroic being.
Sounds good to me.
2. His own happiness as the moral purpose of his life.
Check
3. Productive achievement as the noblest goal.
Sure, sign me up!
4. Reason as his only absolute.
Okay, sure... wait a tick...
"Reason as his only absolute"
After reading Terry Goodkind books, Objectivism looks on the surface to be a very well thought out and inspired philosophy, but I am weak minded and simple, and often after watching "Heroes" on NBC, I want nothing more than to drive the new and exciting Nissan Rogue!