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What is Objectivism? 1. Metaphysics Axioms: Consciousness, Identity, Causality, Reality: Primacy of Existence, Existents, the Metaphysically Given versus the Man Made 2. Epistemology Senses Consciousness Volition Concepts: Unit, Concept-Formation Objectivity Knowledge: Context, Hierarchy Reason: Certainty, Truth, the Arbitrary Emotions 3. Ethics Man's Nature: Life, Values, Reason as the primary means of survival Egoism: Selfishness as requiring principles Rationality as the basic virtue Virtues: Independence, Integrity, Honesty, Justice, Productiveness, Pride Happiness: Self-esteem, Virtue as practical, Sex 4. Political Philosophy Rights:Government,Initiation of Force Capitalism: Contrast to Collectivism, Statism, Anarchism, Environmentalism 5.Aesthetics: Objectivist Recommendations 6.About Ayn Rand We The Living Anthem The Fountainhead Atlas Shrugged Appendix: Dichotomies: Rationalism, Empiricism Intrincisism, Subjectivism Totalitarianism, Anarchism Mysticism and Skepticism

Notes: The topics are based on the outline of OPAR. Additional topics or page content suggestions are added after the colon. There is now an edited version of the United States Constitution being reworked to conform to objectivism, the main page for the subproject is here Crazynas 15:10, 4 Jul 2005 (CDT) Please see documentation on customizing the interface and the User's Guide for usage and configuration help. My quote database may be a useful source. --GreedyCapitalist 19:09, 22 June 2006 (CDT) Other projects on this wiki include: Book Recommendations, Movie Recommendations, Introduction to Objectivist Dictionary, Forum rules, and About ObjectivismOnline.Net