Month: September 2011
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Announcement: SoCal Objectivists
by Jason Stotts Earl Parson and I have decided that we’re going to be starting an Objectivist Society here in Southern California, home of the Ayn Rand Institute and of probably the highest concentration of objectivists in the country. It’s really strange that with so many us living in the area, there are no social…
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Chicago Minicon
by Jason Stotts I want to thank everyone who attended my lecture over the weekend at COSCon. I hope that everyone found it interesting and engaging. If you’re interested in further readings, I recommend starting with the following: 1. “Of Living Death,” The Objectivist. Especially 530-531. (Or: The Voice of Reason, 46-63.) 2. “Francisco’s Sex Speech,” from Atlas Shrugged,…
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Formspring: Moral Differences between Sex Acts?
by Jason Stotts I received this question recently, which is partly a response to my answer of the last formspring question “When is Sex Appropriate?“. The question is this: What is the moral difference between manual, oral and vaginal sex? Is there one? Should one’s standards for partners vary for each of these activities? Why…
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Starbucks Doesn’t Get It
by Jason Stotts I was surprised to find an e-mail from Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz this morning in my inbox. I was even more surprised by it after I read the message: September 2011 Dear Starbucks Friend and Fellow Citizen: I love our country. And I am a beneficiary of the promise of America. But…