Posted by Piotr Musial on June 05, 19102 at 22:56:39:

In Reply to: Superficial similarities and simple superficiality posted by Zalexa on December 25, 1999 at 03:00:18:

: We try to remain pure in seeing the complexity of philosophical dilemmas such as the nature of "reality;" rather than accepting some simplistic expression of common (all-too-common) sense. We wish to remain pure in refusing to reduce to straw men the philosophical giants of the past three thousand years merely as a vehicle to our own self-aggrandizement.

Ah! But you don't understand! You see, Ayn Rand not only believed that there was a single objective reality, but that she had direct access to it. What's more, she believed that normative things were a part of that reality and that she had crystal clear knowledge of those things as well. You see, it's all presented to us in this brilliant argument:

1) we have values (ordered by importance)
2) your highest value is your life
3) if it's not your life, it must be death!
4) ergo, objective morality! (because all that you do must be towards that one end: your life)
5) ergo, Ayn Rand is always right and everyone else is wrong! (no justification. but she's just such a *powerful* writer that she doesn't need one)

It's the most brilliant argument since Plato's argument from recollection.

Applause!

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: : We try to remain pure in seeing the complexity of philosophical dilemmas such as the nature of "reality;" rather than accepting some simplistic expression of common (all-too-common) sense. We wish to remain pure in refusing to reduce to straw men the philosophical giants of the past three thousand years merely as a vehicle to our own self-aggrandizement. : Ah! But you don't understand! You see, Ayn Rand not only believed that there was a single objective reality, but that she had direct access to it. What's more, she believed that normative things were a part of that reality and that she had crystal clear knowledge of those things as well. You see, it's all presented to us in this brilliant argument: : 1) we have values (ordered by importance) : 2) your highest value is your life : 3) if it's not your life, it must be death! : 4) ergo, objective morality! (because all that you do must be towards that one end: your life) : 5) ergo, Ayn Rand is always right and everyone else is wrong! (no justification. but she's just such a *powerful* writer that she doesn't need one) : It's the most brilliant argument since Plato's argument from recollection. : Applause!

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