| LC control no. | sh 92002845 |
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| Topical heading | Objectivism (Philosophy) |
| See also | Philosophy |
| Scope note | Here are entered works on the philosophy inspired by Ayn Rand, which upholds the supremacy of individual rights through advocacy of reason as the ultimate source of knowledge, self-interest as the proper code of ethics, and laissez-faire capitalism as the ideal political-economic system. |
| Found in | Work cat.: The objectivist (a serial). The objectivist forum (a serial). Rand, A. Introduction to objectivist epistemology, 1990. Encyc. of unbelief, 1985: v. 1, p. 14 (Ayn Rand; "... her 'philosophy,' which named Objectivism"; "identified with laissez-faire capitalism and right wing politics in America"; "...basis of Objectivism the premise that human reason was the primary means of human survival") LC info. bull., Apr. 6, 1992: p. 146 ("'objectivism,' a philosophy that embraced 'rational self-interest' and rejected altruism, religion, communism and socialism as 'incompatible with a free society'") Encyc. of assns., 1991: entry 9771 ("objectivism upholds the supremacy of individual rights through advocacy of reason as the ultimate source of knowledge, self-interest as the proper code of ethics, and laissez-faire capitalism as the ideal politcal-economic system") |
| Not found in | Web. 3 |
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