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Ayn Rand’s Objectivist Community. Jacob Gold English 12 Ms. Carel AYN RAND RULES. What is Objectivism. The philosophy of Ayn Rand is Ethical Egotism
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Ayn Rand’s Objectivist Community Jacob Gold English 12 Ms. Carel AYN RAND RULES
What is Objectivism • The philosophy of Ayn Rand is Ethical Egotism • This basically means that basically that you are the most important thing—to yourself—and that the individual is more important then any state or government • This philosophy is the basis of the libertarian movement and to the Objectivist Party.
Libertarianism • The biefe in a limited government whit the sole purpose of protecting the people of that states rights.
Objectivist Party • A political party in several states • Each state has an affiliate whit a president, VP, secrititary, and treasure. • the New York Affiliate also as an Executive Assistant • The Party is chaired by Dr. Tom Stevens • He is also the President of OPNY • The Party had a canaditate for President—Dr. Tom Stevens
The Party part 2 • The party is also has an international following. • The party as a list of holidays which includes Ayn Rand’s bithday February 2nd • The party is a very active • It holds bi-monthly events Web Site: www.objectivistparty.us
The Ayn Rand Institute • Founded by Rand’s interlacural hair Leonard S. Peikoff. • The institute is broken into sevral sub-institutes • The purpose of all of them is to advance the Objectivist Movement and the philosophy Web Site: www.aynrand.org
Philosophers Agaisnt the Philosophy • William Buckley—a rightest—declared in his obituary for the New York Times that: "Ayn Rand is dead. So, incidentally, is the philosophy she sought to launch dead; it was in fact stillborn." • Noam Chomsky a ‘left philosopher’ considers Rand: "one of the most evil figures of modern intellectual history."
Other Reasons Against it • People Belive that the folowers of the movement don’t care about others.