Where can I find critiques of Ayn Rand's philosophy?

I'm looking for books and articles that offer the counterargument to Rand's theories. Asked by ksukowat 49 months ago Similar questions: find critiques Ayn Rand's philosophy Society > Philosophy.

Similar questions: find critiques Ayn Rand's philosophy.

Try the objetivism reference center noblesoul.com/orc/critics/index.html Sources: objectivism reference center .

A lot of reading Start with Michael Huemer's Why I Am Not An Objectivist. It's a little long and tedious, but it's fairly concrete and avoids the screechy pitfalls of much criticism of Objectivism. Proceed to the "What's wrong with Objectivism FAQ", which is less boring but also a little more ad hominem.(The personalities in this argument are so strong that there is more than a little personal friction, and it's very hard to keep the debate entirely reasoned, on both sides.) If you can work your way through both of those you'll have a pretty good understanding of the key refutations of Rand's theories.

It's too bad that it takes so much work, because Rand has made some pretty substantial statements about human nature and the key criticism is that those statements are oversimplified. There's on simple way to refute an oversimplification; you have to demonstrate where the oversimplifications break down and that takes a lot of words. If you'd like even more reading, there are some good books listed at the Objectivism Resource Center.

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My daughter has to write a philosophy paper.

Philosophy is only good at explaining the self evident.

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