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<p>Absolutekeenan: /* List of Objectivist Virtues */</p> <hr /> <div>&quot;The three cardinal values of the Objectivist ethics ... are: [[Reason]], [[Purpose]], [[Self-esteem]], with their three corresponding virtues: [[Rationality]], [[Productivity|Productiveness]], [[Pride]].&quot;-Ayn Rand<br /> <br /> The virtues on which the primary values depend are rationality, productivity, and independence. The man who is successful in living is able to derive the values necessary for his life and to translate them into the virtues necessary to gain and keep them. Some skeptics might say that this is a &quot;cold, unemotional, and rationalistic&quot; way to go about life, but nothing can be further from the truth. The man who confidently acts to achieve the values necessary for his life knows that it is his life he is acting to further, and that it is his values that he is achieving. The emotional state of knowing that one is an effectual, capable, productive individual who is master of his own destiny is self-esteem. Self-esteem is the confidence one has in his own worth as a human being and his ability to achieve his values. When a man makes the achievement of his values a way of life, happiness is that state of consciousness that results. Thus, the rational, productive, and self-confident man and woman know the value of their life and takes pride in their achievements.<br /> <br /> == List of Objectivist Virtues ==<br /> <br /> [[Rationality]] - this is the cardinal virtue, which leads to all other virtues. Rationality means using reason (and rejecting emotions) to identify reality.<br /> <br /> [[Honesty]] is the refusal to fake reality.<br /> <br /> [[Integrity]] is honesty in action.<br /> <br /> [[Productivity]] means working to create value.<br /> <br /> [[Independence]] means using one's own reason to think, value, judge and act.<br /> <br /> [[Pride]] is the belief that one is capable of gaining and keeping one's values--and that one deserves it.<br /> <br /> [[Justice]] is the principle of seeking that people get what they deserve; productive men keep the products of their labor, violators of others' rights get punished.<br /> <br /> [[Category:Ethics]]</div>

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