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Originally Posted by ukrainska mavpa
While I admire many of the ideas she supports, like individual liberty, there are two principle problems I have with Objectivism.
First, as you stated, laissez-faire capitalism has too many flaws to be universally aplicable.
Second, reason. Reason is a wonderful tool, perhaps the single greatest ability we humans have. But it is not the end all be all. It cannot answer all our questions. For example: love is not reasonable nor is it objective but it'd be hard to find anyone who would deny the benefits that love can bring. Of course, it can also bring suffering and mysery, like any emotion. but my point is, reason ALONE isn't the answer.
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Well said. The question of reason as the supreme source of guidance also disturbed me too. Were not the leaders of revolutionary France men who advocated a government of pure reason, and that by doing so, the misery of monarchy could be defeated? As history shows, their logic did nothing to stop the Reign of Terror. Men need some moral code to be held accountable for. If not, they are only accountable to themselves, and the reasoning of one person may not be correct.