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Pauvreté et handicaps

The Objectivist answer to poverty and other social problems is: 1) create a society in which people have clear reasons to be responsible...

28 septembre 2010
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William Thomas
3 minutes
Pre-Emptive Strikes and Iraq

Pre-emptive use of force may be proper when one is faced with a clear and present danger. This might be a credible threat from someone, or

28 septembre 2010
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William Thomas
3 minutes
Tea Party Candidates and the "Crane Rule"

In the wake of the victory of Christine O’Donnell, backed by Tea Party members, over establishment Republican Mike Castle in Delaware’s

28 septembre 2010
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Edward Hudgins
6 minutes
Organized Government

Please see our Q&A " What is the Objectivist View of Law and Government ?" which describes the general Objectivist approach to politics. Thi

28 septembre 2010
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William Thomas
3 minutes
Needy Children

"The needy" come in two classes: those who are unable to care for themselves, and those who are able. Objectivism holds that it is not...

28 septembre 2010
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William Thomas
2 minutes
Prisoner's Dilemma

First, let me remark that you are right that Objectivism doesn't share Singer's idea of interest. We can see this by looking at the real...

28 septembre 2010
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William Thomas
4 minutes
Nature and Wilderness

What Objectivism opposes is the idea that nature has inherent value, apart from any human needs, values, or purposes. In general, Objectivis

28 septembre 2010
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William Thomas
4 minutes
Natural Rights

Rights are fundamental political principles. As such, they are based in morality. They summarize how human beings ought to be treated in a

28 septembre 2010
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William Thomas
2 minutes
Rêves anticapitalistes

Larry Ribstein has a review of the anti-capitalist film Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps. And here is his article on the original Wall

Sep 25, 2010
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3 minutes
Bob Moffat ne mérite pas la prison

Robert Moffat has apparently asked to begin his six-month prison term for insider trading on November 5 rather than on next June 30...

Sep 21, 2010
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2 minutes
L'affaire de la péniche Enron : Ce que disent les autres

In my last blog post, “ When Only Ayn Rand Says It All ,” I promised to say more about the continuing prosecution of James Brown as part....

Sep 19, 2010
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2 minutes
Let's Jail Prosecutors Who "Obstruct Justice"

In my investigation of the Jamie Olis case, I wrote: Following the collapse of Enron in December 2001, the city of Houston became the

Sep 18, 2010
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5 minutes
L'histoire, l'économie et la philosophie de la sécurité sociale

Mars 2005 -- Note de l'éditeur : Le texte suivant est un extrait du livre de David Kelley intitulé A Life of One's Own : Individual Rights and the Welfare (Une vie à soi : les droits individuels et le bien-être).

15 septembre 2010
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David Kelley Ph.D
10 minutes
La sauce pour le producteur est-elle la sauce pour le pandore ?

Todd Henderson, of the group blog “Truth on the Market,” had a suggestion last Thursday : Subject politicians to the same good-governance

Sep 13, 2010
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3 minutes
La vertu du profit et les vertus profitables

Février 2002 -- Les hommes d'affaires présentés dans la presse populaire citent souvent Atlas Shrugged comme leur livre préféré. Ayn Rand était l'une des

9 septembre 2010
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David Kelley Ph.D
6 minutes
Les leçons d'Enron pour le capitalisme

Mars 2002 -- La faillite soudaine d'Enron Corporation est un scandale qui a ébranlé les partisans de l'économie de marché. Vivant dans une division ...

9 septembre 2010
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William Thomas
10 minutes
Encadré : Les pionniers de l'égalitarisme

Richard Henry Tawney (1880-1962) est un historien britannique qui a passé la majeure partie de sa carrière à la London School of Economics. Il a beaucoup écrit sur

8 septembre 2010
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David Kelley Ph.D
2 minutes
Decoding the Credit Crisis

That’s the charge that Newsweek columnist and Slate Magazine editor Jacob Weisberg has laid against the advocates of markets in a recent..

8 septembre 2010
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10 minutes
The Servile Citizen

A large billboard in a local Metro station cautions passersby to “Cover your cough” and “Wash your hands frequently” when you have a cold...

7 septembre 2010
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Edward Hudgins
6 minutes
All in Favor Say "I"

Money will not purchase happiness for the man who has no concept of what he wants: money will not give him a code of values, if he's evaded

7 septembre 2010
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5 minutes

Nous promouvons l'objectivisme ouvert : la philosophie de la raison, de la réussite, de l'individualisme et de la liberté.