What are some flaws in ayn rands objectivism?

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What are some flaws in ayn rands objectivism?

Answer 1

Objectivism is itself flawed, any adherent applying it to reason will find their point being deconstructed by one who views the mater from a differing perspective. Individual truth is manifest in one, absolute truth is observed in all.  

Answer 2

Some people will tell you that what she said "here" conflicts with what she said "there," sort of in the manner of how the Bible is criticized.

But she always said that everything is contextual, and those critics are usually taking things out of context.

She has been said not to have a "system," but John Galt's speech in "Atlas Shrugged" is one of the most rigorous systems in all of philosophy. It is merely dressed up in the words of a fictional character. But she spent years defining all the concepts in it, cross referencing them before she committed them to publication, and then spent more than two years writing just that 50 pages of Galt's speech, which defines her entire philosophy.

It does not explain entirely how she came to those concepts, but no system explains everything in one place. Her non-fiction book "Introduction to Objectivist Epistemology" explains the process she used to define her terms.

Her critics will say that she is dogmatic. About that she had this to say:

"PLAYBOY: If widely accepted, couldn’t Objectivism harden into a dogma?

RAND: No. I have found that Objectivism is its own protection against people who might attempt to use it as a dogma. Since Objectivism requires the use of one’s mind, those who attempt to take broad principles and apply them unthinkingly and indiscriminately to the concretes of their own existence find that it cannot be done. They are then compelled either to reject Objectivism or to apply it. When I say apply, I mean that they have to use their own mind, their own thinking, in order to know how to apply Objectivist principles to the specific problems of their own lives."

“Playboy’s Interview with Ayn Rand,” March 1964.

She wanted people to think independently. When a young fan asked her "whose" reason people should use, she replied, "Yours, of course!"

Now is that flawed, or what?

Answer 3

How can one reality separate from that reality's participants except through illusion?

Life does not always seem FAIR!

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