tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7273216399256456190.post1057204062455252092..comments2022-12-28T14:41:54.366+05:30Comments on Ayn Rand - India: Can there be a system of morality without God?Kirtimalinihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10119530662034927042noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7273216399256456190.post-59303457590661475142010-07-04T22:05:37.424+05:302010-07-04T22:05:37.424+05:30A rational individual is one who rejects the conce...A rational individual is one who rejects the concept of God because it is arbitrary.<br /><br />An arbitrary concept is one which:<br />1. has no referent(s) in reality and hence cannot be _reduced_ to the perceptual level.<br />2. has no place in a conceptual hierarchy and hence cannot be _integrated_ with the rest of Man’s knowledge.<br /><br />Since the arbitrary has no relation to both Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7273216399256456190.post-949187738776445142010-07-01T11:51:31.707+05:302010-07-01T11:51:31.707+05:30Objectivism and religion are fundamentally incompa...Objectivism and religion are fundamentally incompatible - one calls for the celebration of Man's mind, the other for its total abdication. Any attempt to reconcile the two is doomed to fail. More importantly, such attempts can only harm one - just as even a little poison in food can.Vikram Bajajhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11444839718458991278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7273216399256456190.post-61561482399089842832010-07-01T09:40:26.294+05:302010-07-01T09:40:26.294+05:30I think mostly religion is not a choice for the ma...I think mostly religion is not a choice for the many who follow. There are a few who are conscious of what religion entails and do make a choice. But the majority are just grappling with the "should-do's" and the "shouldn't-do's". It is through this that they take and understand what is morality and the principles they (again) "should" live by. So, here Kirtimalinihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07294107792113232861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7273216399256456190.post-19896865909968599782010-06-30T17:43:46.229+05:302010-06-30T17:43:46.229+05:30I'm curious to know whether you think of moral...I'm curious to know whether you think of morality as a subjective choice one makes or as an objective necessity? If it's the former, then 'agreeing to disagree' would be the only option among men - and then you would have no place for Objectivism or any of Ayn Rand's ideas in your life. But, if it is the latter, then the question you need to ask yourself is why does Man need aVikram Bajajhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11444839718458991278noreply@blogger.com