tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72516042475630597892024-02-18T18:24:43.409-08:00Truth in the WholeGrameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14929389788222842031noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7251604247563059789.post-69711482124612825902009-07-20T22:11:00.000-07:002009-07-20T22:53:44.257-07:00Objectivity in Truth and the GoodAyn Rand describes three theories of the good in Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal:There are, in essence, three schools of thought on the nature of the good: the intrinsic, the subjective, and the objective. The intrinsic theory holds that the good is inherent in certain things or actions as such, regardless of their context and consequences, regardless of any benefit or injury they may cause to the Grameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14929389788222842031noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7251604247563059789.post-78930323029102875542009-05-03T19:41:00.000-07:002009-05-03T20:48:46.197-07:00The ThemeThis blog will be about applications of objectivity as understood by Ayn Rand and her philosophy of Objectivism. To be "objective" is to willfully adhere to reality by following certain rules of method, a method based on facts and appropriate to man's form of cognition. The quote below is from the Ayn Rand Lexicon entry for objectivity :Objectivity is both a metaphysical and an epistemological Grameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14929389788222842031noreply@blogger.com0