Category: Philosophy
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The Rise of Socialism
by Jason Stotts In George Orwell’s 1984, the world is ruled by “Big Brother” and his socialist regime. Individuals are property of the state and must serve its pleasure, able to own nothing: not even their own thoughts. Indeed, Big Brother seeks to eliminate “thought crime” through the use of “newspeak” and social conditioning exercises.…
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Sheeple
by Jason Stotts (subtext: Hey, what are the odds — five Ayn Rand fans on the same train! Must be going to a convention.) I love XKCD and I think it’s great that Objectivism is getting into mainstream thought. I think that this comic shows a very important point that Objectivists need to guard against:…
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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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Objectivist Blog Carnival
Welcome to the March 26, 2009 edition of objectivist round up! This is the first 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 as quickly as she could,…
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Objectivism and Taxation
by Jason Stotts The pivotal essays for the Objectivist position on taxation are “Man’s Rights,” “The Nature of Government”, and “Government Financing in a Free Society”, all of which can be found in The Virtue of Selfishness. In these essays the Objectivist position is clear: each individual person has inalienable rights from his nature and…
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Shattered Illusions
by Jason Stotts There is no god. There is no “after life.” We will all die. Once one comes to accept each of these truths, to accept them as absolutely true and internalize them as completely real, a curious situation arises. The problem can best be called the “existential crisis” – but really, it’s only…
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Aporia: Prostitution
by Jason Stotts I’ve been thinking about prostitution a fair amount recently and I must admit that I’m baffled by it. On the one hand, people have sex all the time for free, so why is it different when money is involved? On the other hand, aren’t there some things that should just not be…