{"title":"Chosen or Proven Ethics?","authors":"R. Hartford","doi":"10.5325/jaynrandstud.22.2.0206","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT:A true philosophical system requires a true ethical theory. This paper proposes a premise-based approach to the truth of the foundational principle—the requirement to take actions to benefit one's life. Ayn Rand's choice-based foundation as \"the single choice: to live\" has equivalent consequences for ethical theory, but the premise-based approach and proof firmly anchor the foundation of ethics to the facts of reality. This article demonstrates that in order to be true and consistent, a particular set of premises requires the taking of beneficial action for one's life, and that provides proof of the truth of the Objectivist ethics.","PeriodicalId":35149,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Ayn Rand Studies","volume":"22 1","pages":"206 - 213"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"The Journal of Ayn Rand Studies","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.5325/jaynrandstud.22.2.0206","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"Arts and Humanities","Score":null,"Total":0}
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ABSTRACT:A true philosophical system requires a true ethical theory. This paper proposes a premise-based approach to the truth of the foundational principle—the requirement to take actions to benefit one's life. Ayn Rand's choice-based foundation as "the single choice: to live" has equivalent consequences for ethical theory, but the premise-based approach and proof firmly anchor the foundation of ethics to the facts of reality. This article demonstrates that in order to be true and consistent, a particular set of premises requires the taking of beneficial action for one's life, and that provides proof of the truth of the Objectivist ethics.
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