Roger’s Rules

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Alfred Centauri
2010-02-06 11:38:54

OPM:

(1) The Objectivist position on what?
(2) How can a reasonable person maintain that the good involve human sacrifice?
(3) Rational interests are long-term in nature.
(4) Because Objectivism denies that initiating force is in ones rational (long-term) self-interest.
(5) Objectivism denies that robbery is in ones rational (long-term) self-interest.
(6) The source of Mans rights is his nature as a volitional, rational being. If a man chooses to live, it is a fact that he must produce certain values to live and a fact that he requires a moral code to effectively produce those value. A moral code is a set of principles accepted by choice to guide ones actions and choices.