Objectivism, Ethics, Human Nature

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Is self-ownership a misnomer?: If something is owned, then by definition there is something external to it that is doing the owning. Likewise, something that is owned is by definition something external to the agent that owns it. Taking this very basic point into account, does it really...
Posted Tue, Sep 16 2008 by Brainpolice | 10 comment(s)
Filed under: Objectivism, Ethics, Rational Egoism, Individual Sovereignty, Natural Rights, Libertarianism, Philosophy, Human Nature

Morality, Rationality, Survival and the Law: I was having a bit of a debate with an Objectivist and we got into some questions about morality and rationality. It related to the question of suicide, and I maintained that suicide is irrational but not immoral and that the individual has the liberty...
Posted Tue, Jun 3 2008 by Brainpolice | 1,377 comment(s)
Filed under: Objectivism, Ethics, Consistancy, Utilitarianism, Aesthetics, Means and Ends, Philosophy, Human Nature, Crime and Punishment