Ayn Rand stated in her essay 'Causality versus Duty': “God said: Take what you want, and pay for it”. As a student of IE, we are all aspiring a professional career, life-enhancing moments, relationships, and happiness in general. In my opinion, Rand’s moral model of objectivism is a necessary approach for our pursuit as a student. She explained in her...
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Egoism in philosophical ethics is having a certain motivation or undertaking an activity that is best suited for you but helps the other person as well, therefore it doesn't make you look selfish; however, it actually is. Egoism is a normative perspective theory, and it is cleared up by two versions. Version one is individual ethical egoism, this portrays having...
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Ayn Rand (her real name is Alice O'Connor) was a Russian-born American writer and philosopher. She is known for her fiction and for developing a philosophical system she named Objectivism. Widely known for her work 'Atlas Shrugged'. A long-time resident of New York City, Rand, 77, was found dead in her New York City residence this morning. Her cause of...
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Introduction Ayn Rand’s philosophy suggested that people should work hard to achieve a life of purpose and productiveness, but she also wrote that genuine self esteem is earned by pursuing happiness as a person’s primary goal. She also said that our purpose is not to take care of others, but it is to take care of our own happiness. Her...
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Introduction Ayn Rand, a figure of immense controversy and influence, remains a seminal thinker in both philosophical and literary circles. Her life, marked by a dramatic escape from Soviet Russia and subsequent rise to fame in the United States, serves as a backdrop to her development as a prolific writer and philosopher. Among her works, "Anthem" stands out as a...
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Based on the philosophy proposed by Ayn Rand in his book the poem, we will seek to prove how wrong this philosophy can be, Ayn Rand's philosophy is quite individual, with that mutual support would not be given and on the contrary, this thought could provoke terrible facts and horrible dictatorships. Clear examples of these we see in various bad...
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My personal philosophy revolves around individualism and egoism. I am a very greedy and lustful person. I have an extreme passion for success, wealth, and most importantly, the accumulation of money. I act in my own self-interests because I feel that my life revolves around me; I should not be forced or guilted into satisfying the needs and wants of...
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Introduction Ayn Rand's novella Anthem serves as a critical exploration of the tension between individualism and collectivism, encapsulated within a dystopian society that has eradicated personal identity. Published in 1938, the work portrays a future where the concept of "I" is obliterated, and individuals are forced to live solely for the collective. Through the journey of the protagonist, Equality 7-2521,...
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What does it mean to do the right thing? Follow three rules: do the right thing, do the best you can, and always show people you care, this a powerful statement of my mother that I will always keep in my mind. Doing the right thing is a beautiful stating point but I am going to define it in a...
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Morality is the yardstick with which we judge our actions to be right or wrong. It is also the code of values to guide man’s choices and actions (Rand, 1957). There are two main views to morality; objective morality and subjective morality (Novella, 2013). Objective morality holds the belief that there are universal set laws that determine the rightness and...
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Immanuel Kant has been one of the more famous and influential philosophers from the last few centuries. He has influenced the minds of other philosophers from the past or present with his ideas in philosophy. His major contributions in philosophy have been to the topics of metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, and aesthetics to name just a few. He has been one...
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As members of society, we gravitate toward certain decision-making based on our emotions as well as our surroundings. Physiological egoism argues that the reason we do all things is for ourselves. That is, everything we do is out of self-interest. On the other hand, ethical egoism makes a moral claim about how life ought to be lived. “According to ethical...
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“War. Death. Despair. Oppression. Environmental ruin. Yup, when it comes to demoralizing literature, dystopian novels have it all! Yet many of us love this genre, and there are good reasons we do” states The Huffington Post. Dystopian novels are loved among many people, but there is also criticism of having these negative novels. Dystopian novels such as Anthem by Ayn...
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