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Why is Objectivism a System of Ideas?

I am not primarily an advocate of capitalism, but of egoism; and I am not primarily an advocate of egoism, but of reason. If one recognize

Mar 11, 2010
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William Thomas
3 Mins
Altruism

Question: Who coined the term/word "altruism?" Was it Kant and if so where is this information? Answer: According to the Oxford English

Jan 23, 2010
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2 Mins
The Life-Centered Philosophy of Thomas Jefferson

In Atlas Shrugged, Dr. Robert Stadler finds it "outrageous" that a genius such as John Galt would have "performed a major revolution in...

Apr 1, 2003
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Robert James Bidinotto
4 Mins
Islamism and Modernity; Lou Dobbs is Right

CNN’s Lou Dobbs has come in for criticism for saying something sensible and insightful. It is too vague and too politically correct to call

Jun 10, 2002
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David Kelley Ph.D
4 Mins
Stephen Hicks on Postmodernism

Currently, Stephen R.C. Hicks, Ph.D., is Professor of Philosophy at Rockford University and the executive director of the Center for Ethics

Feb 1, 1999
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12 Mins
Postmodernism (Part 1)

Postmodernism became the leading intellectual movement in the late twentieth century. It has replaced modernism, the philosophy of the

Jun 29, 1998
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Stephen Hicks Ph.D.
2 Mins
Skepticism

Skepticism is the belief that knowledge of reality is impossible and that man lacks any rational basis for certainty or confidence in what..

Jun 1, 1987
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David Kelley Ph.D
2 Mins

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