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| − | :Hicks, Stephen. ''Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy'' (2006), s.v. "[http://www.iep.utm.edu/r/rand.htm Ayn Rand]" Retrieved [[June 22]], [[2006]].<br/> Smith, Tara. Review of "On Ayn Rand." ''The Review of Metaphysics'' 54, no. 3 (2001): 654–655. Retrieved from ProQuest Research Library.<br/>''Encyclopædia Britannica'' (2006), s.v. "[http://www.search.eb.com/eb/article-9062648 Rand, Ayn.]" Retrieved [[June 22]], [[2006]], from Encyclopædia Britannica Online.</ref><ref>One source notes: "Perhaps because she so eschewed academic philosophy, and because her works are rightly considered to be works of literature, Objectivist philosophy is regularly omitted from academic philosophy . Yet throughout literary academia, Ayn Rand is considered a philosopher. Her works merit consideration as works of philosophy in their own right." (Jenny Heyl, 1995, as cited in {{cite book|title=Feminist Interpretations of Ayn Rand|editor=Mimi R Gladstein, Chris Matthew Sciabarra(eds)|id=ISBN 0-271-01831-3|publisher=Penn State Press|year=1999}}, [http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0271018313&id=bei61AcYlT0C&pg=PA17&lpg=PA17&sig=FxQ177GbCkq1rn4hiipdSIjjGeE p. 17])</ref> developed by [[Russia]]n-born [[United States|American]] | + | :Hicks, Stephen. ''Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy'' (2006), s.v. "[http://www.iep.utm.edu/r/rand.htm Ayn Rand]" Retrieved [[June 22]], [[2006]].<br/> Smith, Tara. Review of "On Ayn Rand." ''The Review of Metaphysics'' 54, no. 3 (2001): 654–655. Retrieved from ProQuest Research Library.<br/>''Encyclopædia Britannica'' (2006), s.v. "[http://www.search.eb.com/eb/article-9062648 Rand, Ayn.]" Retrieved [[June 22]], [[2006]], from Encyclopædia Britannica Online.</ref><ref>One source notes: "Perhaps because she so eschewed academic philosophy, and because her works are rightly considered to be works of literature, Objectivist philosophy is regularly omitted from academic philosophy . Yet throughout literary academia, Ayn Rand is considered a philosopher. Her works merit consideration as works of philosophy in their own right." (Jenny Heyl, 1995, as cited in {{cite book|title=Feminist Interpretations of Ayn Rand|editor=Mimi R Gladstein, Chris Matthew Sciabarra(eds)|id=ISBN 0-271-01831-3|publisher=Penn State Press|year=1999}}, [http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0271018313&id=bei61AcYlT0C&pg=PA17&lpg=PA17&sig=FxQ177GbCkq1rn4hiipdSIjjGeE p. 17])</ref> developed by [[Russia]]n-born [[United States|American]] writer [[Ayn Rand]] in the 20th century that encompasses positions on [[metaphysics]], [[epistemology]], [[ethics]], [[politics]], and [[aesthetics]].<ref>Rand, Ayn. Introducing Objectivism, in Peikoff, Leonard, ed. ''The Voice of Reason: Essays in Objectivist Thought.'' Meridian, New York 1990 (1962.)</ref> |
Objectivism holds that reality exists independent from consciousness; that individual persons are in contact with this reality through sensory perception; that human beings can gain objective knowledge from perception through the process of concept formation; that the proper [[moral]] purpose of one's life is the pursuit of one's own [[happiness]] or "rational self-interest"; that the only social system consistent with this morality is [[Individualism|full respect for individual rights]], embodied in pure, consensual ''[[laissez-faire]]'' [[capitalism]]; and that the role of art in human life is to transform man's widest metaphysical ideas, by selective reproduction of reality, into a physical form—a work of art—that one can comprehend and respond to. | Objectivism holds that reality exists independent from consciousness; that individual persons are in contact with this reality through sensory perception; that human beings can gain objective knowledge from perception through the process of concept formation; that the proper [[moral]] purpose of one's life is the pursuit of one's own [[happiness]] or "rational self-interest"; that the only social system consistent with this morality is [[Individualism|full respect for individual rights]], embodied in pure, consensual ''[[laissez-faire]]'' [[capitalism]]; and that the role of art in human life is to transform man's widest metaphysical ideas, by selective reproduction of reality, into a physical form—a work of art—that one can comprehend and respond to. | ||
Latest revision as of 01:55, 22 July 2008
Objectivism is a philosophy[1][2] developed by Russian-born American writer Ayn Rand in the 20th century that encompasses positions on metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, politics, and aesthetics.[3]
Objectivism holds that reality exists independent from consciousness; that individual persons are in contact with this reality through sensory perception; that human beings can gain objective knowledge from perception through the process of concept formation; that the proper moral purpose of one's life is the pursuit of one's own happiness or "rational self-interest"; that the only social system consistent with this morality is full respect for individual rights, embodied in pure, consensual laissez-faire capitalism; and that the role of art in human life is to transform man's widest metaphysical ideas, by selective reproduction of reality, into a physical form—a work of art—that one can comprehend and respond to.
References[edit]
- ↑ So identified by sources including:
- Hicks, Stephen. Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy (2006), s.v. "Ayn Rand" Retrieved June 22, 2006.
Smith, Tara. Review of "On Ayn Rand." The Review of Metaphysics 54, no. 3 (2001): 654–655. Retrieved from ProQuest Research Library.
Encyclopædia Britannica (2006), s.v. "Rand, Ayn." Retrieved June 22, 2006, from Encyclopædia Britannica Online.
- Hicks, Stephen. Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy (2006), s.v. "Ayn Rand" Retrieved June 22, 2006.
- ↑ One source notes: "Perhaps because she so eschewed academic philosophy, and because her works are rightly considered to be works of literature, Objectivist philosophy is regularly omitted from academic philosophy . Yet throughout literary academia, Ayn Rand is considered a philosopher. Her works merit consideration as works of philosophy in their own right." (Jenny Heyl, 1995, as cited in (1999) Mimi R Gladstein, Chris Matthew Sciabarra(eds) Feminist Interpretations of Ayn Rand, Penn State Press. ISBN 0-271-01831-3., p. 17)
- ↑ Rand, Ayn. Introducing Objectivism, in Peikoff, Leonard, ed. The Voice of Reason: Essays in Objectivist Thought. Meridian, New York 1990 (1962.)
