Some 30 years ago I heard Pleikopf speak in Seattle. It was interesting and a real, serious exposure to Objectivism that was a refreshing wake up. I was pretty busy with other things for the next couple of decades and then I began to have a “wake up” of a different sort so never really was interested enough to pursue Objectivism much farther. I did read here on FR about the history of the Randians fracturing into squabbling antagonists which sort of lead me to conclude “intellectual swamp.”
Not meant to be derogatory, sort of akin to concluding that Christianity had fractured into theological swampland.
Understood. I’d love to have a real conversation about Objectivism. I think it is oft maligned.
In reality I am not an orthodox Objectivist either. Specifically, I am anti-abortion where Rand often referred to a fetus as a potential life. I find this very disappointing. I used reason and evidence to come to my conclusion but I have never read or heard an Objectivist justify the “fetus is a potential life” conclusion.