Posted: Wed Nov 08, 2006 2:14 am
Whether or not it's true that your previous criticisms regarding her writing skills and her referencing are accurate I could care less. I don't worship Rand and if she has problems with writing and referencing is not my issue. I study the actual philosophy of Objectivism and not the person behind it.
It's almost like saying that Darwin was a racist.
Anyways, I read the argument and I'm finding a few issues with his critique. First and foremost his references are vague and I have no idea if I agree with the way he presents Rand's argument. He presents her argument as the way he sees it and not as the way it is presented in her book.
Belief isn't ridiculed by Atheism...what are you talking about?
It's almost like saying that Darwin was a racist.
I'm weeping....Evangelion wrote:Next:
Brilliantly demonstrated by Critique of the Objectivist Ethics (click here). This guy dissects the fundamental premises of Rand's ethics, and shows that they are wholly insupportable.her propositions woefully argued.
Read it and weep!
Anyways, I read the argument and I'm finding a few issues with his critique. First and foremost his references are vague and I have no idea if I agree with the way he presents Rand's argument. He presents her argument as the way he sees it and not as the way it is presented in her book.
How is it a leap of faith, Evangelion?I was particularly impressed by the reviewer's astute observation that a central tenet of Objectivism ("A is A") is a leap of faith, comparable to the faith-based premises of fundamentalist religion.
Just a question, have you actually read any of her works or is all of your opinion based on the criticisms of it?Indeed, the more I learn about Objectivism, the more I realise that it is little more than a religion for atheists. It is almost entirely faith-based - and necessarily so, for it finds virtually no support from events, concepts or experiences in the real world.
Ergo, you haven't supported your assertions!Ergo, it is impossible to embrace Objectivism without simultaneously embracing the two most commonly ridiculed aspects of religious experience: belief and faith!
Belief isn't ridiculed by Atheism...what are you talking about?