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To: HumanaeVitae
....precisely because there is no way to rationally derive them.

you just nullified your own argument. too bad you know so little about rand, or rands razor. perhaps a ouija board or channeling some ghost will help you. david hume? jhahhahhahahahaha

66 posted on 02/26/2003 10:17:45 AM PST by galt-jw
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To: galt-jw
Really?

John, you have no idea what you're talking about. Professional philosophers know about the 'ought-is' problem. That's why they dismiss Rand as a crank. Anyone with a basic knowledge of philosophy would know that what Rand claims to have done has never been done, and can't be done.

There is a 19-page refutation of Rand at the Ludwig Von Mises Institute in PDF called "Ayn Rand and the Ought-Is Problem" by Patrick O'Neil to be found here (fourth article from the top, below the alphabetical listings; you have to page down to see it) that demolishes Rand's assertion that she has bridged this gap.

Randianism is nothing more than pretentious moral relativism in a propeller-beanie.

80 posted on 02/26/2003 10:30:33 AM PST by HumanaeVitae
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