“ My philosophy, in essence, is the concept of man as a heroic being, with his own happiness as the moral purpose of his life, with productive achievement as his noblest activity, and reason as his only absolute”. (www.aynrand.org)

It is noteworthy that in order to describe and understand the essence of any philosophy, Objectivism included, extensive reflection is due to be given to the following issues:

1) Metaphysics – which becomes the study of Objective Reality in Rand’s system of philosophical thought;

2) Epistemology – the theory of perception which in Objectivism is founded upon Reason;

3) Ethics – which is based on Self-interest as well as a Value Theory;

4) Politics – leading to an unprecedented praise of Capitalism or, to be more precise, of the laissez-faire type of Capitalism (Rand, par 1)

When Rand was asked to “process” all those four factors into plain English so that they would be more readily comprehended, she ended

- “ it is not a life of screwing the other guy for your own gain, but one of upholding your promises and contracts, and knowing that it is your own interest to uphold your end of bargain in any situation ”

Fourthly, when Objectivism makes entrance into politics and economy, the laissez–faire capitalism is chosen as the ideal political–economic system. The basis of the Objectivist political theory is the idea of individual rights. Individuals must deal with one another by voluntary co-operation and voluntary trade. Furthermore, if there is any action that violates the consent of any man ( by force or fraud ), it is immoral and should be punishable by law. The physical force can be applied in situations when one is protecting or defending one’s life, liberty or property. Man’s rights of life, liberty ( including the liberty to justly acquire, own and trade property) and the pursuit of happiness are the rights that men are entitled to by nature (Full Context: Politics: par 1).

To follow this philosophy for living on Earth, as Objectivism may be perceived, no thick volumes of thought must be studied and understood. On the contrary, those concepts are so commonsensical that what one only needs is that they be applied with total consistency. It is only then that man is granted a full philosophical system to guide the course of his life.

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