
4 years agohttps://plato.stanford.edu/entries/ayn-rand/ this is a great explaining of Rand. She was improving on prior philosophiers works that had stripped out much of things of deeper thinking of man's reasoning prior to them. As if all were cavemen, of animal behaviors, races, desires, vices to have us as reactionary being, supposing God was a man-made necessity. She in comparison did a great job inbetween religous and non religious so to not steer persons. The anti religious values of her characters often leads to being more the immoral vice undermined troubled persons. Her views could as easily be a religous persons whom sees it as that reality. Or that of individuals via highly educated rational person taking on the necessary of virtues and morality. To stay in a successful path, to be productive, to achieve their happiness. But happiness is consequences of the reciprocal goodness around them and of that mindset to achieving _, or its falsity-will fail. Same fail if based only on accomplishments surrounded by darkness. Her heros embrace good in their pursuit of. A virtuous and moral life which results in happiness and success. Tony Robins can get you so far if a godles immoral self absorbed bunch. Happy is in God's ways along God's purpose, plan for us this lifes instance of physical reality, to = hopefully back to heaven. But a purposeless existence of just here & gone forever. If all being of meaninglessness = drawn toward sad depression extremes irrational as to satisfy. A why should anyone be good & moral unless forced to. As its all about self and achieving what you want for your purposes. Which explains so many not leading by example, ruin 2others as leftists lib fuedalist marxist, lawless no natural rights tyrants, Justs more complain about global warming for example. Still wastefull, not replacing trees, no cleaning up, bad idea fixes to get back2 fun&party. So obviously its the moraless and virtueless not of religion whom cause these messes in their supposed greater wisdom that leads them to chase after money, stuff, status for their meaningless existing this life. Trying to make selves feel better and falsely fulfilled
