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To: SeekAndFind
Given that Ayn Rand does not believe in a moral judge, if a man freely obligates himself to kill another person because he believes it is a moral obligation, I am not sure if that can be called better or worse given the foundation of her worldview.

That's an absurd distortion of a simple statement. I haven't seen anything from you yet that indicates you have any idea of her, as you call it, "worldview".

54 posted on 06/07/2013 2:56:00 PM PDT by BfloGuy (Don't try to explain yourself to liberals; you're not the jackass-whisperer.)
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To: BfloGuy

RE: That’s an absurd distortion of a simple statement.

Does Ayn Rand believe in God or not?

I believe she does not.

She determined that she was an atheist as early was when she was in high school.

See here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayn_Rand#cite_note-MJones-172

Is that a distortion of her belief? Maybe you can tell me something that negates what I said...

Now, if she does not believe in God, in what sense are the moral values she espouse objectively binding on others?

All she is telling us is that her beliefs are right without telling us BY WHAT AUTHORITY they are other than to refer to her own.


55 posted on 06/07/2013 3:21:32 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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