Objectivist Round Up #115

Welcome to the September 24, 2009 edition of the Objectivist Round Up. This carnival features posts written by Objectivist bloggers. Ayn Rand once described her philosophy:

My philosophy, in essence, is the concept of man as a heroic being, with his own happiness as the moral purpose of his life, with productive achievement as his noblest activity, and reason as his only absolute.

--Ayn Rand, "About the Author,” Atlas Shrugged, Appendix.

For more information about Ayn Rand and her philosophy, please visit the Ayn Rand Institute.  And now, on with the Round Up!

 



Miranda Barzey presents Ayn Rand Institute Atlas Shrugged Essay Contest posted at Ramen & Rand, saying, "Here's my essay for the Ayn Rand Institute's Atlas Shrugged essay contest. The topic was to analyze the different views of money in the novel."



Trey Givens presents Price Controls and the Fed posted at Trey Givens, saying, "Last week, Yaron Brook and John Allison participated in a discussion panel. While lots of important issues were discussed, I chose to focus on how the Fed is a giant, economically destructive price-fixing machine."



Stella presents A nudge up the stairs posted at ReasonPharm, saying, "The NYC health commissioner wants to get even more intrusive. I say no way!"



Ari Armstrong presents Gazette: Obama's Republican Health Plan posted at FreeColorado.com, saying, "Obama cribbed most of his health proposals from Republicans."



Diana Hsieh presents Steve Jobs on Apple posted at NoodleFood, saying, "Under Steve Jobs, Apple focuses on achieving goals, not conformity to bureaucratic process."



Greg Perkins presents The Totalitarian Universe posted at NoodleFood, saying, "What difference does metaphysics make to people and cultures? The Objectivism Seminar finds out as it continues its exploration of Dr. Leonard Peikoff's book, The Ominous Parallels by discussing Chapter 2, "The Totalitarian Universe"."



Jared Rhoads presents Bad goals, bad solutions posted at The Lucidicus Project, saying, "Obama's stated goals for health reform, translated."



Paul Hsieh presents "Is Your Doctor Getting Ready to Quit?" posted at We Stand FIRM, saying, "My latest OpEd at PajamasMedia, "Is Your Doctor Getting Ready to Quit?""



Rational Jenn presents On Evasion posted at Rational Jenn, saying, "When parents insist on their children's obedience, they may be teaching kids a lesson in evading reality."

Amy Mossoff (that's me!) presents Avoiding Evasion posted at The Little Things, saying, "Rational Jenn's post this week discussed how Parenting by Authority can teach children to evade. This post discusses how standard schools Educate by Authority, and how the Montessori method, by contrast, cultivates independence and a reality-focus."



Roderick Fitts presents Aristotle's "Two" Views of Induction: McCaskey's Resolution (Part 3) posted at Inductive Quest, saying, "The final part in which I show McCaskey's groundbreaking revision of Aristotle as not an enumerative inductivist. We also see, as promised, exactly how Aristotle thinks inductions can become the premises for deductions."





Mike Zemack presents Obama's Impossible "Balance" posted at Principled Perspectives, saying, "The president (inadvertently?) zeros in on the fundamental alternatives."



Doug Reich presents Is "Time" Really "The Enemy of Reform"? posted at The Rational Capitalist, saying, "Geithner recently said that "time is the enemy of reform". By examining a fictitious bet, it can be seen that this is a claim with which we should actually agree."



Doug Reich presents A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Socialism posted at The Rational Capitalist, saying, "Observing the contrast between a recent Atlas Shrugged benefit dinner and the preceeding 25 years led me to an inspiring conclusion."



 



I hope you enjoyed this week's edition. Next week's host will be Reality Talk.  You can submit your posts using the carnival submission form.  Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page.

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