Your revelation sounds like a stoicism lesson I recently watched on YouTube. Some people would say we need a good dose of Ayn Rand.
Yes I think @k00b would say that!
I think he was sharing his fondness for atlas shrugged in one of the past SNLs if I remember right
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There's a lot of room for selfishly being "selfless." Rand tends to make strong points stronger by reappropriating words. It took me a long time to appreciate what she means by selfishness which mostly amounts to you not owing anyone anything (ie you aren't born with social/societal debt).
(You are both referencing her as intended but I wanted to elaborate in case anyone might be as confused as I was initially.)
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I haven't watched the last week or two yet.
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citizen arresting u for being a fake SN fan!
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I checked. I only missed Friday's. Maybe my memory just failed me again.
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what's the best material (Fountainhead and Atlas excluded) to learn and put into practice Objectivism?
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As ex-lawyer, how do you see the natural law? I asked the same question to my sister (that she's a lawyer too)....
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I read about natural law for many years, but it really had little in common with my law practice. I defended people accused of crimes in the U.S., so of course I had to focus on the U.S. constitution and the bill of rights. The U.S. was founded on the English common law system. There is a slight overlap there with Natural Law as I believe you mean it, but not much. Of course my purpose as a lawyer had to be to work within the system, while always hoping the system would change.
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hmmm, slight the same answer as my sister, only that you were more soft in answering...
Of course my purpose as a lawyer had to be to work within the system
As I expected and same answer I got from my sister.
Very interesting....
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Remember, all lawyers are assholes (except your sister)
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... especially my sister, she's an asshole
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