Can you explain Objectivism to me?

[Mucman]

I have read We the Living by Ayn Rand, and soon I will be diving into Atlas Shrugged. I hear that goes more into her philosophy of Objectivism. I just want a little crash course in it before I get into the book.

thanks

 

[Damaged]

http://www.vix.com/objectivism/more-details.html

 

[brandc]

1. Being free to choose.
2. Having the right to property.
3. Coercion is immoral.

 

[Wingnut]

Taken straight from the Merriam-Webster dictionary

Don't know if this explains it like you had in mind though!


Main Entry: ob·jec·tiv·ism
Pronunciation: &b-'jek-ti-"vi-z&m, äb-
Function: noun
Date: 1854
1 : any of various theories asserting the validity of objective phenomena over subjective experience; especially : REALISM 2a
2 : an ethical theory that moral good is objectively real or that moral precepts are objectively valid
3 : a 20th century movement in poetry growing out of imagism and putting stress on form
- ob·jec·tiv·ist /-vist/ adjective or noun
- ob·jec·tiv·is·tic /-"jek-ti-'vis-tik/ adjective