Objectivism claims that because the opportunity to use reason without the initiation of force is necessary to achieve moral values, each individual has an inalienable moral right to act as his …

Dec 27, 2025 · Objectivism, philosophical system identified with the thought of the 20th-century Russian-born American writer Ayn Rand and popularized mainly through her commercially …

Objectivism is a philosophy developed by the writer Ayn Rand (1905-1982), first in her novels The Fountainhead (1943) and Atlas Shrugged (1957), and later in non-fiction books, most notably …

Objectivism regards values as neither intrinsic properties of objects nor mere subjective preferences, but as relational: things are valuable relative to the factual requirements of a …

Objectivism is a philosophical movement; since politics is a branch of philosophy, Objectivism advocates certain political principles—specifically, those of laissez-faire capitalism—as the …

The meaning of OBJECTIVISM is any of various theories asserting the validity of objective phenomena over subjective experience; especially : realism.

Objectivism is the view that there is a reality, or realm of objects and facts, which exists wholly independent of the mind. Thus, Objectivism holds that there is only one correct description of …

Objectivism is a philosophical and political set of ideas that were developed by the Russian American writer, author and philosopher, Ayn Rand (1905–82). Rand first wrote about …

Objectivism holds that emotions normally reflect conscious or sub-conscious value judgments. And since sub-conscious judgments are the product of past conclusions or habitual valuations, …

Objectivism is fully secular and absolutist; it is neither liberal nor conservative nor anywhere in between. It recognizes and upholds the secular (this-worldly) source and nature of moral …