| Edition |
2nd ed. |
| Description |
128 pages ; 24 cm |
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text txt rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Note |
Revised edition of: Truth and toleration. c1990. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 103-111) and index. |
| Contents |
Moral Judgment -- Cognition and Evaluation -- Moral Judgment -- Types of Moral Judgment -- The Temperament of a Judge -- Sanction -- Existential Aid and Moral Sanction -- The Case of Libertarianism -- Error and Evil -- Ideas and Original Sin -- The Role of Ideas in History -- The Scope of Honest Error -- Inherently Dishonest Ideas -- Toleration -- Tolerance, Justice, and Benevolence -- Tolerance and Objectivity -- Objectivism -- Open and Closed Systems -- Objectivism as an Open System -- What Is Objectivism? -- The Objectivist Movement -- A Question of Sanction -- Better Things to Do. |
| Summary |
"In The Contested Legacy of Ayn Rand, philosopher David Kelley analyzes the conflicts that led him to break ranks with orthodox Objectivists and create an independent branch of the movement. Originally published in 1990 as a manifesto, this work has been revised as an analysis of the principles of intellectual collaboration - the terms on which intellectuals and activists can work together in a common cause. Going beyond the immediate issues, Kelley discusses the nature of individual responsibility for the spread of ideas and for their historical consequences. He offers a new argument for toleration based on a non-relativistic theory of truth. He describes the nature of tribalism among intellectuals, showing how the troubled legacy of Ayn Rand has followed a pattern similar to the not-so-civil wars among followers of other original and charismatic thinkers such as Marx and Freud. In a postscript to the second edition, Kelley reviews the growth in Objectivist scholarship and the influence of Rand's ideas over the past decade." "The Contested Legacy of Ayn Rand is an engaging introduction to the Objectivist movement, its core ideas, and its central fissures. At the same time, it offers a case study in the sociology of intellectual movements and a frank discussion of the issues that arise whenever thinkers leave their studies to promote their ideas in the public realm."--Jacket. |
| Subject |
Rand, Ayn -- Philosophy.
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Objectivism (Philosophy)
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Rand, Ayn. (OCoLC)fst00018052
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Objectivism (Philosophy) (OCoLC)fst01042814
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Philosophy. (OCoLC)fst01060777
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| Added Author |
Kelley, David, 1949-
Truth and toleration.
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| ISBN |
0765800608 (alk. paper) |
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9780765800602 (alk. paper) |
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0765808633 (pbk.) |
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9780765808639 (pbk.) |
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