What Do Objectivists Believe
Objectivists believe the following:
- Reality exists as an absolute. Facts are independent of man's feelings, wishes, hopes or
fears.
- Reason is man's only means of perceiving reality. Reason is his only source of
knowledge, his only guide to action, and his basic means of survival.
- Every man is an end unto his own self. Man exists for his own sake. He must not
sacrifice himself for others or accept the sacrifice of others for himself. The pursuit of his
own rational self-interest and of his own happiness is the highest moral purpose of his
life.
- Laissez-faire capitalism is the best system of politics. Under this capitalism, a limited
government protects each person's rights to life, liberty, and property. It forbids that
anyone initiate force against anyone else. Champions of objectivism are achievers who
build objectivism as optimistic. They hold that the universe is open to human
achievement and happiness and that each person has within him the ability to live a rich,
fulfilling, independent life. This is the idealistic message in Rand's novels. Her novels
continue to sell by the hundreds of thousands every year to people attracted to their
inspirational storylines and distinctive ideas. Individuals run businesses, invent, create art
and ideas that depend on their own talents and on trade with other independent people to
reach their goals.
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