Objectivism, the philosophy of Ayn Rand, subordinates legal concepts to radical capitalism as a political ideal. Such concepts, however, play an important role in her thought. Scrutiny those writings where Rand deals with these shows middle ground between Natural Law, Positivist and Legal Realist perspectives. According objectivity becomes essential feature Law stricter sense. In this respect, ...

The past decade has witnessed a renewed interest in the works of twentieth-century Objectivist philosopher Ayn Rand. Political events ranging from rise Tea Party to 2016 election Donald J. Trump have only helped spur this resurgence, further evident film adaptations and reissues her popular literary novels. pundits abound have, turn, deemed return Rand as victory for libertarian thought Republi...

While ethics research has gained prominence among the IS community, few have argued explicitly for an objective standard in ethical decision-making. This oversight has left many researchers using subjective standards or an amalgamation of ethic perspectives when analyzing decision-making in organizations. In this paper, we argue that an objective standard is critical to ethical research and tha...

The paper examines the specifics of using philosophical concepts Ayn Rand as basis political discourse by radical opposition Russian Federation in its goals and perceptions target audience. study used descriptive, structural comparative analyses. authors reveal prerequisites for synthesis elements liberalism objectivism opposition’s dispersion results among mass protest

C RITICAL DISCUSSIONS of the ideas of the philosopher/novelist Ayn Rand are often most interesting, especially in what they say about the critic and about Rand's relation to today's philosophical orthodoxy. In "Life and the Theory of Value," J. Charles King continues the criticism of Rand's ethics undertaken by Robert Nozick in his article, "On the Randian Argument."' Nozick's critique was exam...

Since the Turing test was first proposed by Alan Turing in 1950, the primary goal of artificial intelligence has been predicated on the ability for computers to imitate human behavior. However, the majority of uses for the computer can be said to fall outside the domain of human abilities and it is exactly outside of this domain where computers have demonstrated their greatest contribution to i...

Celem artykułu jest pokazanie, jak wychowanie religijne, którego doświadczył B. F. Skinner, zmieniło jego postrzeganie człowieka i świata, a w ostateczności wpłynęło na porzucenie przez niego wiary skierowało go ścieżkę radykalnego behawioryzmu. Analiza dostępnej literatury wykazuje, że różnica poglądach przeciwników Skinnera (Joseph Wood Krutch, Tomasz Szasz, Ayn Rand) oraz sojuszników (Richar...