 Virtuous Living (9 of 13): Integrity
by Joseph Rowlands
The moral principle here is that you also are a part of reality, and have an identity. (Read more...)
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Virtuous Living (8 of 13): Justice
by Joseph Rowlands
Ayn Rand defines Justice as "the recognition of the fact that you cannot fake the character of men as you cannot fake the character of nature". The moral principle here is that men are a part of reality, and we must identify their nature just as we must identify any aspect of reality, and act accordingly. (Read more...)
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 The Iraq Debate: Principles vs. Rules
by Joseph Rowlands
The war on Iraq has pitted Objectivists vs. Objectivists in the intellectual battlefield. (Read more...)
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Virtuous Living (7 of 13): Productiveness
by Joseph Rowlands
Let's turn now to the virtue of Productiveness. Ayn Rand defined it as "the recognition of the fact that productive work is the process by which man's mind sustains his life". Notice again the term "recognition". (Read more...)
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Virtuous Living (6 of 13): Rationality as an Active Virtue
by Joseph Rowlands
So what does the Active form of rationality involve? (Read more...)
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 Foreign Policy
by Joseph Rowlands
A rational foreign policy must ultimately be based on an individualist ethics. (Read more...)
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Virtuous Living (5 of 13): Rationality
by Joseph Rowlands
The first virtue I'll talk about is rationality. In The Objectivist Ethics, Rand defined rationality as "the recognition and acceptance of reason as one's only source of knowledge, one's only judge of values and one's only guide to action". (Read more...)
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Virtuous Living (4 of 13): Life as a Process
by Joseph Rowlands
One's view of life can alter the way you conceive of virtues. The static view of life, which focuses on the state of your life, is very value oriented. It looks at achieving values, and not with the means by which you achieved them. In many ways, it is a tunnel-vision view of life, only looking at particular aspects of the life. (Read more...)
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Virtuous Living (3 of 13): Active vs. Passive Virtues
by Joseph Rowlands
There are two different approaches to understanding virtues, and we have the tools now to see what they are. I differentiate the two by calling one Passive Virtues and calling the other Active Virtues. (Read more...)
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Virtuous Living (2 of 13): Virtues vs. Duties
by Joseph Rowlands
We need to take a step back and look at how Objectivist ethics compares to other ethical systems. This will help provide a contrast between Objectivist virtues and other virtue systems. The intent here is to show how the whole idea of virtues got cast into a particular mold, which still haunts the Objectivist conception of virtues. (Read more...)
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Solo Status March 2003
by Joseph Rowlands
We set up a list of projects we intend to tackle over the next year. Here they are, in no particular order. (Read more...)
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Virtuous Living (1 of 13)
by Joseph Rowlands
Here is part 1 of 13 from Joseph Rowlands speech at the SOLO conference in New York. Enjoy! (Read more...)
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Shouldering Your Own Burden
by Joseph Rowlands
Joe explains the glory of a good burden. (Read more...)
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Affording to be Moral
by Joseph Rowlands
Sometimes opportunity knocks, and you have to be prepared to take advantage of it. Sometimes things don't go according to plan, and you need options to make the best out of a situation. (Read more...)
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Thursday
December 26, 2002 |
Self-fulfilling Prophecies
by Joseph Rowlands
Sometimes getting what you expect isn't a good thing. (Read more...)
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Wednesday
November 27, 2002 |
Living Your Own Life
by Joseph Rowlands
What is the goal here: to live your life to its fullest? Or to try scoring something on the order of non-death? Let Joe Rowlands help you decide... (Read more...)
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SOLO -- Where We Are and Where We're Going
by Joseph Rowlands
What is SOLO? Joe Rowlands tells you in this recent speech... (Read more...)
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 Antitrust Laws--A Joke?
by Joseph Rowlands
Antitrust laws should receive an award for Dumbest Idea Put into Practice by Politicians. If it weren't for the damage they do, they would be a hilarious example of government stupidity.... (Read more...)
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Axioms Revisited
by Joseph Rowlands
Objectivism is not purely deductive. You can't prove that we have rights by starting with "existence exists" and performing deductive steps from there.... (Read more...)
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Tuesday
September 17, 2002 |
No Judging?
by Joseph Rowlands
Skepticism claims that moral judgments are impossible, not because morality is subjective, but because even if it were objective, knowledge is impossible. (Read more...)
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 The Meaning Of Life
by Joseph Rowlands
Joseph Rowlands gave this speech at the inaugural SOLO conference in NZ. "What is life? What do we mean when we say the word? Since the word stands at the center of Objectivist ethics, the answer to this question has wide-reaching implications." (Read more...)
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What is Happiness?
by Joseph Rowlands
The quest for happiness can take a number of detours. Part of the problem is a lack of clarity in what exactly is the goal. (Read more...)
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Identifying Values
by Joseph Rowlands
Often in life, we fail to recognize the values we do have until attention is drawn to them. (Read more...)
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 Major Announcement! : SOLOC in NY
by Joseph Rowlands
That's right! SOLO in New York! (Read more...)
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Inner Peace
by Joseph Rowlands
Many people search for inner peace to quiet the storms within themselves. A proper philosophy can take you a long way down that road. (Read more...)
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