So I read Ayn Rand for the first time tonight for a few hours. Here are my initial thoughts...
Pros:
-Pro-choice on the abortion issue.
-Against relativism
-Against religion, faith, and agnosticism.
-Supports atheism. (I'm not an atheist, but for some reason I'm happy she is one).
-Against tradition.
-Against Christianity and Christ's sacrifice.
-Makes good arguments against pure altruism.
Cons:
-Against Group Rights.
-Too against the idea that sacrifice and obligation towards others could be a part of one's moral duty.
-Willing to allow too much suffering to the unlucky to keep a pure, capitalist society.
-Attributes too much to free will and not enough to deterministic factors.
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