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National Review’s MO Regarding Ayn Rand
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National Review’s MO Regarding Ayn Rand

Confronting the Silence: A Call for Clarity on Objectivism's Critique

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Craig Biddle
Dec 15, 2016
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National Review once again attacks and tries to mock Ayn Rand and Objectivism.

As usual, they—Kevin Williamson this time—don’t specify which principle(s) of Rand’s philosophy they oppose and why.

  • Is it the principle that things are what they are and can act only in accordance with their identities?

  • Or the principle that reason (i.e., the use of observation…

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