We are not born tabula rasa.
This is a chapter in The Moral Bias of Objectivism Moral Paradigms Matter As I wrote this book and took its message to others, I realized I am challenging such deeply held views about human nature, moral paradigms, and abuse, that it’s necessary to address the widely held assumptions about these issues right away. There …
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First, as I argue, at Check your Tools, Rand doesn’t just push “reason” to be a “tool to study reality.” She pushes it to be a “way to be in all waking hours for all decisions.” She writes: The virtue of Rationality means the recognition and acceptance of reason as one’s only source of knowledge; …
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I don’t make this shit up, loves. This appears in the chapter “Check Your Tools” in The Moral Bias of Objectivism. Objectivism Needs to be “Better than Communism” When I challenge Objectivism, people sniff, “And what about all the GOOD that it does? Why can’t you focus on that?” They typically point to Rand’s devastating …
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For the longest time, I hesitated to use shame against shamers. It’s *entrenched* in society that this is morally wrong. The conversation goes like this, over and over, “Women are lazy parasites!” “You’re an abusive misogynist!” “Oh are you JUDGING me? Hypocrite!” I argue elsewhere that this system inherently allows abusers to stay in power. …
