ЯВНІ ТА НЕЯВНІ ДЖЕРЕЛА ФІЛОСОФІЇ ОБ’ЄКТИВІЗМУ АЙН РЕНД

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ЯВНІ ТА НЕЯВНІ ДЖЕРЕЛА ФІЛОСОФІЇ ОБ’ЄКТИВІЗМУ АЙН РЕНД

Journal Title: Гуманітарний часопис - Year 2015, Vol 1, Issue 1

Abstract

Korobko M.I. EXPLICIT AND IMPLICIT SOURCES OF PHILOSOPHY OF AYN RAND’S OBJECTIVISM This article is an overview of the philosophical sources that are clearly visible in the research of the philosophy of Ayn Rand’s objectivism. Also it attempts to link this philosophical concept with inherent USA utilitarian philosophy and pragmatism. Ayn Rand’s name is known due to her literary work. But she is not only a famous writer. During her last thirty years she tried to build her philosophical system, which she called Objectivism. If ethics is the philosophy section, which is related to human activity, the whole philosophy of Ayn Rand is ethics, because all her philosophy is seen only in a practical sense. Ayn Rand is the focus of the social practices in which she was formed, lived and worked. The ideas of almost all philosophical subjects are presented in her works in a simple way, but they are fundamentally different from conventional notions of ethics, politics and philosophy in general, even the ideas of philosophers, whom she honored, such as Aristotle. Although the lack of full scientific theoreticity of her works complicates the investigation of her concept of modern philosophy and represents the difficulty of determining Ayn Rand as the real moral philosopher. However, the popularity and call for her ideas give rise to attention to her ethical and moral positions that are so different from her ideological predecessors. All her philosophical heritage is aimed to build an ideal world and ideal moral man – a reasonable rational egoist. Rational egoism as a moral and ethical focus of her philosophy is the basis for the construction of all her political, economic and aesthetic theories. Although the lack of full scientific theoreticity of her works complicates the investigation of her concept of modern philosophy and represents the difficulty of determining Ayn Rand as the real moral philosopher. However, the popularity and call for her ideas give rise to attention to her ethical and moral positions that are so different from her ideological predecessors. Ayn Rand admits that her work was influenced by Aristotle and Victor Hugo. She claims that her philosophy is unique, and none of the other earlier philosophers had influenced it. But the impact of Marx, Nietzsche, Bentham, pragmatism and others is seen on closer examination of what she wrote. The purpose of this article is to discover the influence of other thinkers on her philosophical concept. The value of the American writer’s heritage is not in her "uniqueness", but that she could feel the mood of the public in time, in time express ideas previously said only secretly, plus her main audience was young people, and the most radical thoughts were the best for them. Yes, someone thinks Ayn Rand’s philosophy is for the simple-minded, that it is not academic, interesting. But people love it. Thus questions "Why?", "Why is it popular?" are very interesting for philosophers. Perhaps we can answer these questions when we research the philosophical sources of the concept of Ayn Rand’s objectivism. The main task of modern researchers is finding similar ideas in historical context, analyzing her impact on contemporary political and philosophical concepts, comparison of theory with other contemporary social and philosophical, and ethical and political theories and so on.

Authors and Affiliations

Маргарита Коробко

Keywords

Ключові слова: Айн Ренд Аристотель етика Ніцше об’єктивізм філософія. The keywords: Ayn Rand Aristotle ethics Nietzsche objectivism philosophy.

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