| Metaphysics:
Objective Reality |
Existence exists. Reality
exists as an objective absolute, and is not conditional upon consciousness.
In othe words reality exist independently of our feelings and wishes.
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| Epistemology:
Reason |
Reason (the non-contradictory integration
of experience) is the only means of perceiving reality and acquiring knowledge.
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| Ethics: Self-Interest |
Every man is an end in himself.
His own life is his standard of value, and the purpose of his own existence.
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| Politics: Capitalism |
Man must be free to choose the work
he likes, to trade with whomever he chooses, and to advance himself and
his abilities as far as his desires and reality allow him. Government
should not interfere in the peaceful, voluntary (un-coerced), interactions
and exchanges among men. The only role of government is in the prohibition
of coercion (the initiation of force or fraud).
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| Aesthetics:
Romantic Realism |
Art is the recreation of reality
according to one's own values.
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