tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2438801388377581634.post6244209725077195004..comments2023-04-22T12:32:24.799-07:00Comments on The House of Substance: Spoken Like a True BelieverSubstance McGravitashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04118764163822188800noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2438801388377581634.post-42382323196759275442010-08-26T18:28:15.485-07:002010-08-26T18:28:15.485-07:00do they always have to torture the poor English la...<i>do they always have to torture the poor English language </i><br />Rand's turgid prose ensures that anything written about her is as painful as a zombie head massage.Another Kiwihttp://eusa-riddled.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2438801388377581634.post-46154852124678383272010-08-26T17:57:14.835-07:002010-08-26T17:57:14.835-07:00I think it's more that according to Kant's...I think it's more that according to Kant's morality, other human beings should be treated as subjects rather than objects; and since Kant is apparently History's Greatest Monster, Rand's logic dictates that the <i>opposite</i> is true -- the highest morality is to treat other people as objects, means to your own ends.<br /><br />I have no idea if this true.Smut Clydehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09409476490132867809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2438801388377581634.post-33622947754591432242010-08-26T16:46:26.289-07:002010-08-26T16:46:26.289-07:00Huh.
And here I thought it was called "objec...Huh.<br /><br />And here I thought it was called "objectivism" because it's objectively objectionable....mikeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13057701313718589322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2438801388377581634.post-39080223085819992302010-08-26T14:39:02.966-07:002010-08-26T14:39:02.966-07:00I am quite happy to believe that Rand did not unde...I am quite happy to believe that Rand did not understand Rand's philosophy better, and that it needs someone like Jason to express its basic tenets more accurately, much in the way that Saul of Tarsus was required to rescue Christianity from Jesus Christ's serious doctrinal mistakes.Smut Clydehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09409476490132867809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2438801388377581634.post-27267633152339361882010-08-26T12:44:56.422-07:002010-08-26T12:44:56.422-07:00People are free to write about Rand all they want,...<i>People are free to write about Rand all they want, but why do they always have to torture the poor English language in the process?</i><br /><br />Well, the fact that they consider "A is A" to be a profundity betrays a woefully undeveloped cognitive faculty.Big Bad Bald Bastardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01983025559556548658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2438801388377581634.post-60449091860171694942010-08-26T08:30:42.466-07:002010-08-26T08:30:42.466-07:00People are free to write about Rand all they want,...People are free to write about Rand all they want, but why do they always have to torture the poor English language in the process?Brandohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10484284471046027179noreply@blogger.com