Walter Hudson
2011-11-01 13:40:18
@Anonymous
“If you don’t think our rights were endowed by our Creator, then someone can take them away.”
This is a common refrain among the religious which I used to agree with. However, Rand accomplished something in philosophy which no one before her had, including the Founders. She demonstrated the *objective fact* of individual rights. Regardless of our origin, we have objectively describable rights which no one may justly deprive us of. I defer to Rand’s work, rather than summarize it here. Start with “Atlas Shurgged” and follow it up with “The Virtue of Selfishness.” Read them earnestly, then demonstrate how she is wrong.
