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The Rational
Philosophy of Ayn Rand's Objectivism
I love the philosophy
of Ayn Rand!
I do not agree with
everything she says, or more accurately, I do not agree entirely
with every thing she believes.
Let me give you an
example. She worships the rational mind and detests religion,
mystics spiritualism or wishful thinking.
In her view, man's
best and perhaps only weapon or took is his analytical and
rational mind. She does not trust people who rely on feelings
and premises that can not be quantified, measured, proved or in
most cases even demonstrated to any satisfactory degree.
She also believes in
free market without any government intervention and she believes
that at the heart of everything, people must hold themselves
accountable for all of their victories and failures.
She detest people who
rather put the blame of their failures and misfortunes on
everything or everyone but where it really belongs and that is
with the said individual.
Most people bridle at
the fact that she does not believe in regulation and they like
to believe that almost all of our country's financial woes are
due to the machinations of the rich.
Most Ayn Rand foes
are not aware that she was against what all of the dishonest
corporations and lobbyist have done to us. She was against
governments involving itself in private business whether it is
to help companies or to hinder.
The sad and actual
fact is we as individuals are responsible just as much for the
financial chaos as the people who proffered sub prime loans.
Most people would
groan and shake their fist at me in anger and disbelief.
I will address this
subject at a later date, but for now, I will address what major
disagreement I have with Ayn Rand.
1. I am not entirely
convinced that some sort of minor regulations needs to be put in
place of our economy. (I need to sort through this before I can
agree or disagree)
2. I have a slight
disagreement with her on the value of mystical experiences.
I believe that the
rational mind should hold dominion over the mystical part of our
mind.
I believe that once
we have taken care of all the nuts and bolts and followed the
rational blueprints that we need to use to insure we become high
functioning physically, mentally, emotionally, fiscally,
socially and politically, then we can certainly attend to the
experimentation of mystical experiences.
I believe that we do
have mystical potentialities and that these potentials can
affect are real life needs in a positive way. For instance, I
would argue that mystical events can open new synapses and
organizational fields of awareness and help to make us more
energized and enhanced.
I address this
phenomena more extensively throughout my writings and you are
welcome to explore these possibilities if you like.
Sincerely,
Vincent D. Faini
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Robert Viale
The Rational Philosophy of Ayn Rand's
Objectivism
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