WHAT IS THE PHILOSOPHY OF OBJECTIVISM, DEFINED BY AYN RAND?
Its basic principle is the advocacy of reason as against any form of mysticism, such as faith, intuition, etc. As a result, in ethics, it upholds rational selfishness. In politics, it stands for individualism and capitalism as against any form of dictatorship. 10. YOU SAY THAT AFFIRMATIVE ACTION IS A FORM OF RACISM. WHY? “Affirmative action” means a quota system by law favoring certain racial minorities at the expense of others. Whatever the motives offered, this is racism by liberals. A system that discriminates for one race today can turn against it tomorrow. The solution to racism is not “reverse” racism, but abolishing the racist mentality. This would require not laws, but an intellectual change, a philosophy of individualism. 11. CONSERVATIVES WOULD SEEM TO AGREE WITH A LOT OF WHAT YOU SAY. WHY DO YOU NOT SUPPORT THEM? In general, see my article “Religion vs. America,” published in The Voice of Reason. Religious conservatives — the main group on the so-called right — advocate actu
