Towards Liberalism: A Challenge to Objectivist Ethics

By Amber Domoradzki

Rand's view on human nature is wrong. Worse, she builds an entire ethics around it. Rand's Objectivism is based on the premise of "tabula rasa"-that our emotions not only can be but must be "programmed." As such, she programs them, errantly. Her ethics does more damage than good.Tabula rasa has been thoroughly refuted in recent years in the field of neuroscience. Humans are already designed well. Emotional drivers have a profound role in human life. We don't have to override our emotional mechanisms; we need to understand them. This has major implications in many areas. Happiness is not secondary (achieved); it is primary (always present). Emotions are not programmable; they are valid feedback. Children should be understood and nurtured; not "transformed" (Peikoff's word) into someone "fit for adult life." The woman breaking chains on the cover is a direct refutation to Rand's quote that the most feminine look of all is when a woman is "chained." That wild feminine can safely be unleashed. We do not need Rand's disciplining ethics to tame our inner world, and Rand woefully underrepresents women, nurturing, and the importance of child raising-all the province of the wild feminine-in her Objectivism. Liberalism as presented in this book is the full study of human nature and a rejection of all punitive means, political and personal. It is also a call to generously (liberally) care for children. Humanity already pulses with vitality and goodness-if we just respect it.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B088B6DPCC
• ISBN13: 9798639616440
• Release Date: May 2020
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 388 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"