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Objectivism

Objectivism is a philosophical system named and developed by Russian-American writer and philosopher Ayn Rand. She described it as "the concept of man as a heroic being, with his own happiness as the moral purpose of his life, with productive achievement as his noblest activity, and reason as his only absolute".

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related to Development by other authors · 36
Objectivism → Abstraction, Allan Gotthelf, Andrew Bernstein, Arguing, Austin, Ayn Rand, Chris Matthew Sciabarra, David Kelley, During, Gilbert Harman, Kelley, Kelley's, Machan, Objectivist, Objectivists, Objectivity, On Ayn Rand, One Lesson, Open Objectivism, Peikoff
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Objectivism → Academic, Anthony Quinton, Ayn Rand Institute, British, Chandran Kukathas, Columbia University, David Sidorsky, Endorsers, Goddess, In, Internet Encyclopedia, Jennifer Burns, Kukathas, Many, Market, Modern American Philosophers, Nathaniel Branden, One Rand, Onkar Ghate, Philosophy
related to Ethics: self-interest · 16
Objectivism → According, Atlas Shrugged, Does, In, It, Life, Living, Man, Rand, Selfishness, The, The Virtue, Thinking, Value, We, Whether
related to Politics: individual rights and capitalism · 16
Objectivism → According, Based, By, In, Its, Objectivists, Peikoff, Persuasion, Rand, Rand's, Rather, Since, The, Therefore, These, Thus
related to Further reading · 13
Objectivism → CA, Cato Institute, David, In Hamowy, ISBN, Kelley, LCCN, Libertarianism, OCLC, Ronald, Sage, The Encyclopedia, Thousand Oaks
related to Philosophy · 12
Objectivism → Atlas Shrugged, Introduction, Objectivist Epistemology, Rand, Selfishness, She, The, The Ayn Rand Letter, The Fountainhead, The Objectivist, The Objectivist Newsletter, The Virtue
related to Metaphysics: objective reality · 10
Objectivism → An, As Objectivist, As Rand, It, Leonard Peikoff, Rand, Rand's, She, That, The
related to Aesthetics: metaphysical value-judgments · 8
Objectivism → Art, But, In, Moreover, Rand's, The, The Objectivist, Usually
related to External links · 8
Objectivism → Advancement, Ayn Rand Institute, Capitalism, Objectivism Reference Center, ObjectivismCapitalism, ObjectivismThe Atlas Society, Objectivist, The Center
see also · 4
Objectivism → Ayn Rand, Bibliography, Libertarianism, ObjectivismObjectivism

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