Objectivism

troubling condition originates directly from the paychecks. It is a statistical fact that women acquire only 79% of men's average annual earnings (1). Accordingly, the number of high power positions that men obtain over women is another example of objectivism within this social problem. The subjective reality of this troubling condition arises from the way that these under-appreciated women are treated in their line of work. Moreover, the difference between the way men and women attain…

characterized with authenticity is no less accidental than externalities; dialectically this inwardness must be negated. 7 The wholeness of the self uncritically presupposes an arbitrary superiority of the subject to the object. This constitutes a form of "objectivism", which fails to relate the subject to the objective historically situated knowledge.8 Self-reflection is eliminated in this model; the ego is posited as greater than the world and the empirical content of subjectivity is entirely…

Instinct or gut feeling is a distinct characteristic that can be found in animals and humans. It is how humans and animals react or behave to a change in the environment. These actions are done intuitively and is not a result of learning or past experience. For animals, Instinct is primarily a tool for survival. an example of an instinctive would be hibernation. Before the winter comes, animals will collect and store food for when the cold weather ends as finding resources during the winter…

just and unjust? and Rand 's “Sense of life”. Ayn Rand was a Russian born philosopher, she is best known for her novels The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged. Another one of her accomplishments was her finding of her philosophical system called Objectivism, is a system that is closed and does not change. Rand’s “sense of life” makes you confront your inner problems that you may face before you can face what the world has for you, because you can not help…

There are many different types of beliefs or the way people choose to judge a statement but the main two that stood out in class was moral realism and moral relativism. It took me a couple times and different ways of reading about the two types to grasp a basic understanding. These are basically two different types of views but they do have similar ideas within them. Before someone can determine which viewpoint makes the most sense, you must grasp a basic understanding of the two. After getting…

Heathwood starts out by saying what is a good life? He goes into depth on how it is beneficial for people to choose a life, and to choose one that will benefit their moral virtue. Meaning, that people should do the good thing, but not always doing the good thing will benefit that person. Another way he explains is a way of excelling in excellence. Therefore, people need to excel in what makes them happy to lead to a good life. He says there can be various aspects on the topic of excelling,…

In the article, “Happiness and Eudaimonia”, the text tackles one of the most fundamental questions that virtually everyone in this universe has grappled with, what defines a happy life, versus a good life? (Happiness and Eudaimonia). However, the true meaning of “a happy life” cannot be precisely determined, for it usually means different things to different people at different points in their lives. Personally, for example, I think that I have a “happy life” at the time’s when I finally get…

The government in Anthem is its parallel.The novel Anthem is a dystopian society written by Ayn Rand. Ayn Rand wrote Anthem to warn Westerners of the danger of collectivism. Nazi, or communist it didn’t matter. She had a philosophy herself of objectivism, ruling oneself on logic, not emotion.The two countries, North Korea and the dystopian society of Anthem are parallel to each other in how their government treats their people, the people’s health and how they deal with new information but there…

501). Through its emphasis on social position (the outcome of social actions, practices, and meanings) and social positioning (the process of practices, actions, and purpose within a social context), the theory offers an immediate concept between objectivism…

world from a realist ontological perspective. I did not recognize that connection between individuals and the structures around them instead, I regarded them as independent entities. Therefore, my epistemological stance would have been closest to objectivism before I began my post-secondary education. I believed that meanings were external to the individual and that there was one universal reality that everyone experienced the…