Blogs Posts on "Objectivism"

Reason Asks the Question: What’s Wrong With Ayn Rand? by Comics Cavern on Nov 7, 2009How weird is Ayn Rand? Well, to put it in terms relevant to us comics fans, her philosophies inspired, no, instilled in Steve Ditko a righteous fervor to systematically destroy his career and alienate just about everybody he ever came in contact wit...

A Brief History of Ethics - Freedomain Radio by Gurl About Town on Nov 5, 2009An overview of the four major approaches to ethical reasoning, from Aristotle to Rand... http://www.freedomainradio.com/free/#UPB...

Ayn Rand Institute Atlas Shrugged Essay Contest by Ramen & Rand on Sep 18, 2009I just submitted my (winning?) scholarship essay on Atlas Shrugged to the Ayn Rand Institute. I hope it does well. I'm dying for a new camera and some tuition money. And the ARI essay contests are some of the last totally merit based scholarships out...

Objectivist Roundup by Ramen & Rand on Sep 17, 2009Go check out the 114th Objectivist Roundup at ReasonPharm.

Virtual Objectivist Club: Roark's Speech on Selfishness by Ramen & Rand on Sep 17, 2009I just finished my first meeting with the Virtual Objectivist Club. (It's their second call in, I was busy the first night.) And I really like it. I'm really glad it was moderated by Dr. Diana Hsieh. I enjoy her blog and more recently her podcasts. S...

Virtual Objectivist Club by Ramen & Rand on Aug 26, 2009Not sure who created this, but I got word through Diana at Noodlefood that there's a Virtual Objectivist Club getting together for the Fall 2009 semester.The Virtual Objectivist Club (VOC) is a weekly phone-based discussion group dedicated to the stu...

The Disinterested Educator by Ramen & Rand on Aug 14, 2009I came across this passage in my ASL textbook, For Hearing People Only."Let it be said that the Roman Catholic Church, among others, has made tremendous strides in eradicating negative viewss and in combating prejudice against deaf persons. The Chur...

Journalism Features on Objectivism by Ramen & Rand on Aug 5, 2009Hm. I've been chewing on this idea for a while now: creating journalistic multimedia pieces on Objectivists. A whole series linked by the idea of Objectivism, how it's spreading, and specific examples of how people apply it to their lives. The possib...

The Difference Between Selflessness and Altruism by Ramen & Rand on Jul 31, 2009Dad pointed out a flaw in my understanding of selfishness and selflessness and what the two entail. After doing a bit of thinking on it, I discovered that in many situations I was not being selfish and it was due to my poor understanding of the defin...

OCON by Ramen & Rand on Jul 13, 2009So after following the #OCON tags on Twitter for about a week now, I am super jealous and seriously considering going next year to Vegas and possibly 2011 to Fort Lauderdale. Both are pretty doable I think. My grandparents live 3 hours from Vegas, so...