Category: “Erosophia.Blogspot”
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Objectivist Blog Carnival
Welcome to the June 4, 2009 edition of the Objectivist Round Up! This is the second time Erosophia has hosted and we’re really excited to be hosting this week. For those of you who do not know, Objectivism is the Philosophy of Ayn Rand. When asked one time to explain it “while standing on one…
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Homosexuality and the Moral Fabric of Society
by Jason Stotts On my post yesterday “Natural Sexuality”, MadMax raised this question in a response to a question asked on Noodlefood: Do you think that homosexual marriage and homosexual adoption could in any way “threaten” heterosexual marriage? The argument is that allowing open homosexuality will encourage more of it and this will undermine the…
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"Natural Sexuality"
by Jason Stotts I came across a very clever essay by Jen over on her blog Blag Hag called “Natural Sexuality“. In the essay she makes the point that our conception of natural for sexuality is quite divergent from other animals. The point of the essay is to argue against monogamy, with which I do…
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The Nietzsche Family Circus
by Jason Stotts For those of you who have never seen it, the website losanjealous has what they call “The Nietzsche Family Circus” – which is where they pair a random Family Circus comic with a random Nietzsche quote. The result is one of the best things ever. I highly recommend checking it out. There…
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Chinese Sex Park
by Jason Stotts I found out, just a couple of days ago, that someone is building a sex themed park in China and that the park was already well under construction and set to open this fall. I was planning on writing a post about this and talking about how this could be great for…
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Atheists and Sex
by Jason Stotts I was just directed to a really interesting article by Greta Christina called “Why Atheists have Great Sex.” The article is overall a good one, even if the author does not have the best moral position (her position is not entirely clear form this article). The thesis, though, is good: When you…
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Atlas Sales on Fire!
by Jason Stotts The Ayn Rand Institute announced yesterday that sales of Atlas Shrugged have tripled over last year, which was itself a record year for sales. Perhaps we should thank Comrade Obama for this? ————————– Atlas Shrugged Triples in Sales Irvine, CA, May 12, 2009–Reports from trade sources indicate that consumer purchases of Ayn…
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Who is John Galt?
by Jason Stotts With the recent popularity of the term “going Galt” and the misunderstanding that I am sure is happening, I thought that I’d take some time to look into this question and see if I can’t help shed some light on who is John Galt. In order to truly understand John Galt, you…