The contested legacy of Ayn Rand : truth and toleration in objectivism / David Kelley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kelley, David, 1949-

Contributor:

Kelley, David, 1949-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rand, Ayn.

Objectivism (Philosophy).

Physical Description:

128 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Poughkeepsie, N.Y. : Objectivist Center ; New Brunswick, N.J. : Transaction Publishers, [2000]

Contents:

I. Moral Judgment 19

Cognition and Evaluation 19

Moral Judgment 21

Types of Moral Judgment 23

The Temperament of a Judge 28

II. Sanction 31

Existential Aid and Moral Sanction 31

The Case of Libertarianism 36

III. Error and Evil 39

Ideas and Original Sin 40

The Role of Ideas in History 43

The Scope of Honest Error 50

Inherently Dishonest Ideas 57

IV. Toleration 61

Tolerance, Justice, and Benevolence 61

Tolerance and Objectivity 63

V. Objectivism 71

Open and Closed Systems 73

Objectivism as an Open System 75

What Is Objectivism? 81

The Objectivist Movement 85

Appendix A A Question of Sanction 113

Appendix B Better Things to Do 119.

Notes:

Rev. ed. of: Truth and toleration. c1990.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [103]-111) and index.

Related Work:

Kelley, David, 1949- Truth and toleration.

ISBN:

0765800608

0765808633

OCLC:

44727861