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Tag: Ayn Rand

  • Levi Asher Writes Book on Ayn Rand

    Levi Asher of Literary Kicks e-mails:   Your blog is just about my favorite philosophy blog on the web — not because I often agree with your political opinions (I don't) but because you write with clarity, humor and just the right amount of personal touch.  Salut!  I also write about philosophy on my blog…

  • Ayn Rand on Abortion

    The following quotations from Rand can be found here, together with references. An embryo has no rights. Rights do not pertain to a potential, only to an actual being. A child cannot acquire any rights until it is born. The living take precedence over the not-yet-living (or the unborn). Abortion is a moral right—which should…