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- From: jwales@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (jimmy donal wales)
- Subject: Re: The Two Faces of Ayn Rand
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- Stephen Van Egmond writes:
- >>Ayn Rand's view of rationality is evidently diametrically opposed to
- >>emotionally-based approaches to philosophy.
- >>
- >>However, in this context I think that "rational" refers to the method
- >>one uses to derive one's morality. One begins with a set of axioms
- >>that define basic realities about life (a person's right to their own
- >>existence, etc.),
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- Rand does not begin with 'a person's right to their own existence'
- as an axiom. An axiom is that which is implied by any other statement
- or proposition. An axiom is not a postulate or an assumption.
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- --Jimbo
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