My main problem with Ayn Rands metaethics is her assertion about living in alignment with what is supposedly our purpose in life. With our purpose in life being derived from what makes us happy.
However she commits the "Ought from Is" fallacy here. Basically you can't say what somebody
ought to do, based on a set of fact statements. In this case, just because something makes you happy doesn't mean it's the right thing to do. This is the biggest problem to overcome if we want to agree with Ayn Rand.
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Originally Posted by Jennihul  Some days I am so happy my right brain dominates.... 
Jennifer |
Yeah, I see your point. I wouldn't care if I didn't actually agree with everything Ayn Rand has to say! I'm gonna poke it repeatedly to see if it all unravels before I adopt any of it into my mindset.
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Originally Posted by seeker5 Heh, this is the wrong place to go argue that something is bad simply because no "authority" person endorses it.  |
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Originally Posted by Niki I don't think reality is an illusion, I think reality as we see it is an illusion.
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Then you agree with Ayn Rand at least to some degree
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