Category: Objectivism
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Egoism is the Antidote to christianity
by Jason Stotts Whenever you’re approached by a christian who wants to convert you to their way of thinking just remind them of Luke 14:26: “If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be…
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Rationalism Among Objectivists
by Jason Stotts I was perusing this week’s Objectivist Blog Carnival when I noticed a post that sounded interesting: Benjamin Skipper’s “You Can Only Hate What’s *There*.” Now, I was interested in this because I’m very interested in theories of emotion and this piece sounded particularly misguided by the title. The piece didn’t disappoint. The…
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ATLOSCon Speech
by Jason Stotts I want to thank everyone who attended my lecture this morning. 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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ATLOSCon 2011
by Jason Stotts Kelly Elmore has a very kind piece up on her blog Reepicheep’s Coracle about my talk at ATLOSCon, called “Sex at ATLOSCon.” Now, before you get the wrong idea, I’m not going to be having sex with anyone at ATLOSCon (they’re not paying me enough for that!). The piece contains some very…
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ATLOSCon Flyer
by Jason Stotts So, as many of you know, I’m going to be speaking this summer at ATLOSCon. I’m supposed to make a flyer to help promote my blog there and I definitely want to do that to help bring in new readers. The problem is that I’m not that into designing and I don’t…
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Formspring: Puritanical Objectivists?
by Jason Stotts I had this question on Formspring the other day: Is their a puritanical minority amongst Objectivists? The answer is definitely, absolutely, without a doubt: yes. I know that Peikoff has complained about them in his podcast on multiple occasions and I certainly agree with him on this point. I think that it’s predominantly…
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Atlas Shrugged Essay Contest
by Jason Stotts The Objective Standard (TOS) is once again offering an essay contest on Atlas Shrugged this year. Details of which can be found at http://www.theobjectivestandard.com/essay/. I encourage anyone who’s read the book and enjoys it and who might not mind a little extra money, to submit an essay. In Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand dramatizes…
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Atlas Shrugged: The Movie
by Jason Stotts Last night I went to see the Atlas Shrugged movie for myself, to see whether it was as bad as everyone is saying. In some ways I’ve been looking forward to seeing the movie for some time and in others I’ve been dreading it. However, as an Objectivist, I basically had a…