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Because it is so titillating and provocative, Brown’s piece on Branden’s sexuality is the most memorable part of the opening section. Even its title—“Nathaniel Branden’s Oedipus Complex”—invites controversy.
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Ayn Rand ruined my date last night, and here's why that's a good thing.
Like many of the men I’m attracted to, Paul was handsome, fit and sexy. During our first date we talked favorite authors — mine, Ayn Rand, he rejected on … Read Article
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Atlas Summit 2014 -- The drive of sexuality is all around us. It is most viscerally in our bodies; it often drives our deepest desires and fears; it propels much of the glory and diversity of our artifacts; and it manifests itself all over in t… Read Article
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The drive of sexuality is all around us. It is most viscerally in our bodies; it often drives our deepest desires and fears; it propels much of the glory and diversity of our artifacts; and it manifests itself all over in the natural world! Yet… Read Article
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This commentary is part of The Atlas Society's 1999 online "CyberSeminar" entitled " The Continental Origins of Postmodernism ."
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Question: In general, nobody has an obligation to provide positive help to anyone else, no matter how great their need. There would seem to be one exception, in that parents have an obligation to provide for the needs of their childre… Read Article
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Question: What is Objectivism’s position on consensual polygamy? Is it moral?
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Question: What is Objectivism's position on the morality (NOT legality) of pornography?
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In the medieval list of deadly sins, lust and greed were the two characterized by an excessive appetite for worldly pleasure. After the Renaissance and Enlightenment, attachment to this world was no longer considered sinful, but it took time for… Read Article
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Question: Is it moral to be homosexual? and what is Objectivism's view of homosexuality?
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February 14, 2003 -- Romantic love is the predominant theme in modern American culture. It's the number-one topic of popular music. Movies that aren’t love stories usually have an amorous subplot. Affairs saturate soap operas and Oprah-… Read Article
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February 7, 2002 -- Call it a tribute to the individuality of human taste. How rarely one person feels a strong attraction to another. The phenomenon is so infrequent that we recall, back to our school days, those that made our heart flutter&… Read Article
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May 2004 -- When one thinks of Enlightenment literature (other than the newly emerging novel), what comes to mind are once-vibrant forms sunk to dry, didactic, or stilted levels. As the great Enlightenment historian Alan Charles Kors told Nav… Read Article
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Question: What is the Objectivist view on infidelity or cheating in a relationship, be it either dating or marriage?
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I have not been blogging for the last month in order to devote my full time to an historically important violation of Business Rights. Now that I have the basic facts in mind, I hope to write more here--beginning with the Galleon case.
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Question: What is the Objectivist view on waiting for marriage to have sex?
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Question: In reading "the meaning of sex" from Atlas Shrugged I wondered if it was permissible to date a non-Objectivist?
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Question: What is the Objectivist position on gay marriage?
Answer: There is no established Objectivist position on gay marriage per se. However, I think Objectivism can be seen to apply to the issues at hand. The political … Read Article
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Question: How long can one live with Objectivism ? Is it only to trade and then finally reach the supreme state of happiness only when you find someone worthwhile to trade with ... what becomes of before and after? How exactly could one t… Read Article
