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monografia Rebiun25171727 https://catalogo.rebiun.org/rebiun/record/Rebiun25171727 m o d cr cnu|||unuuu 151214s2016 enk ob 001 0 eng d 9781118324912 1118324919 9781118324950 1118324951 9781118324929 1118324927 9781405186841 UPVA 998569109403706 CBUC 991010730161606709 CBUC 991010730161606709 NT eng pn NT YDXCP IDEBK DG1 NT OCLCF DEBBG COO MERUC LOA COCUF DG1 K6U OCLCA CCO LIP PIFAG FVL OCLCQ CHVBK RRP TEFOD U3W D6H OCLCQ WRM STF VT2 AU@ UKMGB OCLCQ WYU G3B DG1 TKN OCLCQ UKAHL 813/.5209 23 A companion to Ayn Rand edited by Allan Gotthelf and Gregory Salmieri Chichester, West Sussex, UK Wiley-Blackwell 2016 Chichester, West Sussex, UK Chichester, West Sussex, UK Wiley-Blackwell 1 recurso electrónico 1 recurso electrónico Text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia. online resource cr rdacarrier. Wiley ebooks Blackwell companions to philosophy Incluye referencias bibliográficas e índice Series; Title page; Copyright; Dedication; Notes on Contributors; Acknowledgments; A Note on Abbreviations and References; Part I Context; 1 An Introduction to the Study of Ayn Rand; Taking Rand Seriously; Some Challenging Features of Rand's Ideas and Writings; Rand's Works and Related Sources; Organization of the Companion; Notes; References; 2 The Life of Ayn Rand: Writing, Reading, and Related Life Events; Leaving Russia (1905-1926); Early Career as an American Writer (1926-1936); The Fountainhead: The Creation of Her First Ideal Man (1936-1943) Atlas Shrugged: The Mind on Strike (1943-1957)Objectivism: A Philosophy for Living on Earth (1957-1982); Appendix: Concerning Biographical Sources; Notes; References; Part II Ethics and Human Nature; 3 The Act of Valuing (and the Objectivity of Values); Living and Valuing in The Little Street and We the Living; The Fountainhead on the Activity of Valuing; The Fountainhead on Work as the Meaning of Life; The Choice to Live and the Objectivity of Values in Atlas Shrugged and Later Works; Acknowledgment; Notes; References; 4 The Morality of Life; A New Concept of Morality Why Man Needs a Code of ValuesMan's Life as the Standard of Value; The Value of Reason and the Virtue of Rationality; Purpose and Productiveness; Self-Esteem and Pride; The Range of Life-Sustaining Values; The Selfishness of Virtue; Independence, Integrity, Honesty, and Justice as Aspects of Rationality; Morality and Heroism; Notes; References; 5 A Being of Self-Made Soul; Free Will; The Primary Choice and an Individual's Social Environment; Reason and Emotion; Self-Esteem; Sense of Life; Psycho-Epistemology; Conclusion; Acknowledgment; Notes; References; 6 Egoism and Altruism Situating Rand's EgoismAltruism: The Morality of Self-Sacrifice; Rand's Objections to Altruism; Rand's Reclamation of "Selfishness"; Acknowledgment; Notes; References; Part III Society; 7 "A Human Society"; Man as an End in Himself; The Question of Conflicts of Interest; Individual Rights; A "Society of Traders"; Notes; References; 8 Political Theory; The Nature and Need of Government; Proper Functions of Government; Capitalism and Property; Intellectual Property; Conclusion; Notes; References; 9 Objective Law; Rand's Condemnation of Non-Objective Law; The Nature and Need of Objective Law Rand vis-à-vis Traditional DebatesConclusion; Acknowledgments; Notes; References; 10 "A Free Mind and a Free Market Are Corollaries"; Preliminaries: Knowledge, Values, and Man's Life; The Free Market: Rule by Producers; Statist Economies: The Destruction of Producers; Conclusion; Acknowledgments; Notes; References; Part IV The Foundations of Objectivism; 11 Objectivist Metaphysics; The Axioms of Existence and Identity; The Epistemological Basis and Function of the Axioms; Entities; Causality; Consciousness; The Primacy of Existence; Free Will Forma de acceso: World Wide Web Gotthelf, Allan 1942-2013) editor Salmieri, Gregory editor