Steve P. says: “Objectivism is a junk philosophy propagated by sociopaths to justify antisocial behavior. Anyone who subscribes to this crap is either a soulless psychopath or is just naive and hasn’t really thought about the philosophy’s implications for society.”
I say, Steve P. hasn’t done more than a topical study of Objectivism or egoism. Objectivism’s moral system is based on rational self-interest.
Where is the rationality in being anti-social, when a person benefits enormously from living in a society? Through division of labor and trade, the standard of living for all are raised. By living in a society your chances of survival and flourishing as a being are greater than on your own.
The concept of Individualism does not mean that anti-social psychopath is the only possible outcome. It means the reliance on your own judgment based on reason. This does not mean that what you want is right because you want it. It means that you have to validate right and wrong through a process of thought.
If that is “limited” as a philosophy, then you may as well discard all science and all technology as well, because in the end they are all based on that fundamental: reason.
