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On the subject of marriage - its essentially a contract between two people , so all the government should do is to recognize, uphold, and protect the contract, just like other contract people want to enter into together. Whether its same gender, or opposite gender, its only the contract itself...

No, she wasn't, neither was Nathaniel Branden.

　 Atlas Shrugged Part 2 (part 2 of 3, of a film based upon Ayn Rand’s novel Atlas Shrugged) will be out in select theatres on Oct. 12th, 2012. I intend on seeing it in the theatres probably sometime that opening weekend. Here is the website: Atlas Shrugged Movie (Official Site) I really...

　 My review of Nathaniel Branden’s The Art of Living Consciously The Art of Living Consciously: The Power of Awareness to Transform Everyday Life: Nathaniel Branden: 9780684838496: Amazon.com: Books The author, Nathaniel Branden, is the well known and well respected pioneer of the...

100 Voices: An Oral History of Ayn Rand by Scott McConnell (2010) 100 Voices: An Oral History of Ayn Rand: Scott McConnell: Amazon.com: Books This book is a collection of 100 interviews from people that have known Ayn Rand, as an acquaintance, as an employee of hers, family member… All...

Ok, here is my review of it: I think that it visually depicts Anthem, the scenes that it does depict that is, accurately, and said scenes follow tightly to the story line. Many lines are word for word from Anthem. I cross checked my Kindle edition of Anthem to confirm that. The cover of it...

My review of Tara Smith’s Viable Values: A Study of Life as the Root and Reward of Morality She critiques the historically major positions of morality and in so doing, show shows through the first chapters, just how they all fail to answer properly the very first question on which morality...

For those of you familiar with Ayn Rand's novella, Anthem, it has been made into a graphic novel. I just purchased it for my Kindle. I have always thought that such a story would have been perfect for such a medium, instead of a film. Ayn Rand's Anthem: The Graphic Novel: Charles...

OK, thats all I need to know. Can we actually get ON topic now?

I am unfamiliar with him, never heard of him, so I have no way of answering that until you tell me of the approach you are mentioning.

No, it is very tightly defined. A sacrifice occurs when one surrenders a higher value to that of a lesser value or nonvalue. Look, with the morality of altruism ('other ism')(selflessness) the beneficiary of your actions isnt you, but others. The propriety of egoism (selfishness...

He defines it in the book as self sacrifice as the standard of morality. Either you sacrificing yourself for the sake of others or them sacrificing themselves to you or others.

The Latin literally means 'other ism' as Biddle points out.

It is entirely contextual for me. I enjoy the 1968 Romeo and Juliet immensely and regard Olivia Hussey as the standard for Juliet. But the adaptation in 1996 with DiCaprio in it, I disliked tremendously, I only watched a small clip on youtube, that was enough. I think Ayn Rands, Atlas...

Because altruism to the author means either to sacrifice yourself to others, or others to yourself.

No, the political economic system would be capitalism, and it would look like this: The Capitalism Site | Laissez-faire capitalism is the political economic system based on individual rights

Loving Life: The Morality of Self-Interest And The Facts the Support It by Craig Biddle (Kindle edition) I think the perfect way in which to start my review of this book, is to quote the perfect way in which it is addressed in the book itself: It certainly was demonstrated. I...

The Selfish Path to Romance: How to Love with Passion and Reason by Dr. Edwin Locke and Dr. Ellen Kenner (Kindle Edition) Throughout the 278 e-pages contained therein, this work demonstrates convincingly, no, more: undeniably, that the only true path to romance is a truly selfish...

Free Market Revolution: How Ayn Rands Ideas Can End Big Government by Yaron Brook and Don Watkins This book was just published today and it is on my new Kindle Fire HD just waiting to be read by me. Both writers are from The Ayn Rand Institute, Brook being the executive director. Whenever I...

My answer: Who is John Galt? The opening line from Ayn Rands novel Atlas Shrugged.