gsmith@brahms.BERKELEY.EDU (Gene Ward Smith) (05/16/86)
In article <8605161507.AA14531@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> eyal@wisdom.BITNET (Eyal mozes) writes: >Well, such a science exists already, in the philosophy of Objectivism. >If you are interested in a real science of morality, then read the >works of Ayn Rand; you can start either with her novels, particularly >Atlas Shrugged (which is both a great novel in its own right and the >best overall introduction to her philosophy), or with her essay "The >Objectivist Ethics", reprinted in her book "The Virtue of >Selfishness". Your posting contains some bad philosophy and bad book reviewing, but no science at all. If you must post this sort of stuff, put it on net.books and/or net.philosophy where it belongs. Objectivism is no more a science than Marxism. Your saying otherwise proves you are a fool, at least when it comes to objectively evaluating Randism. I have read Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead. They are both third-rate books by a thoroughly mediocre mind, and amusing partly for that reason. But drivel of the sort Rand spouts can hardly save civilization. I have directed followups to net.philosophy. This does not belong on net.sci. ucbvax!brahms!gsmith Gene Ward Smith/UCB Math Dept/Berkeley CA 94720 Fifty flippant frogs / Walked by on flippered feet And with their slime they made the time / Unnaturally fleet.