Penguin Random House, Sachbücher, Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand (Englisch, Leonard Peikoff, 1993)

Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand - Leonard Peikoff Acknowledgements Preface Chapter 1: Reality Existence, Consciousness, and Identity as the Basic Axioms Causality as a Corollary of Identity Existence as Possessing Primacy over Consciousness The Metaphysically Given as Absolute Idealism and Materialism as the Rejection of Basic Axioms Chapter 2: Sense Perception and Volition The Senses as Necessarily Valid Sensory Qualities as Real Consciousness as Possessing Identity The Perceptual Level as the Given The Primary Choice as the Choice to Focus or Not Human Actions, Mental and Physical, as Both Caused and Free Volition as Axiomatic Chapter 3: Concept-Formation Differentiation and Integration as the Means to a Unit-Perspective Concept-Formation as a Mathematical Process Concepts of Consciousness as Involving Measurement-Omission Definition as the Final Step in Concept-Formation Concepts as Devices to Achieve Unit-Economy Chapter 4: Objectivity Concepts as Objective Objectivity as Volitional Adherence to Reality by the Method of Logic Knowledge as Contextual Knowledge as Hierarchical Intrinsicism and Subjectivism as the Two Forms of Rejecting Objectivity Chapter 5: Reason Emotions as a Product of Ideas Reason as Man's Only Means of Knowledge The Arbitrary as Neither True nor False Certainty as Contextual Mysticism and Skepticism as Denials of Reason Chapter 6: Man Living Organisms as Goal-Directed and Conditional Reason as Man's Basic Means of Survival Reason as an Attribute of the Individual Chapter 7: The Good "Life" as the Essential Root of "Value" Man's Life as the Standard of Moral Value Rationality as the Primary Virtue The Individual as the Proper Beneficiary of His Own Moral Action Values as Objective Chapter 8: Virtue Independence as a Primary Orientation to Reality, Not to Other Men Integrity as Loyalty to Rational Principles Honesty as the Rejection of Unreality Justice as Rationality in the Evaluation of Men Productiveness as the Adjustment of Nature to Man Pride as Moral Ambitiousness The Initiation of Physical Force as Evil Chapter 9: Happiness Virtue as Practical Happiness as the Normal Condition of Man Sex as Metaphysical Chapter 10: Government Individual Rights as Absolutes Government as an Agency to Protect Rights Statism as the Politics of Unreason Chapter 11: Capitalism Capitalism as the Only Moral Social System Capitalism as the System of Objectivity Opposition to Capitalism as Dependent on Bad Epistemology Chapter 12: Art Art as a Concretization of Metaphysics Romantic Literature as Illustrating the Role of Philosophy in Art Esthetic Value as Objective Epilogue: The Duel Between Plato and Aristotle References Index.