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Study Questions for the Objectivist Ethics
1. What is morality, according to Ayn Rand?
2. Why do humans need ethics?
3. What are values?
4. Why do living organisms need values?
5. What is unique about human beings, compared with other organisms?
6. What is the difference between concepts and percepts?
7. Is human action automatic and infallible?
8. What does Ayn Rand mean by "focus?"
9. Why does there have to be an ethical standard?
10. What is the purpose the ethical standard serves?
11. What is the meaning of "man's survival qua man?"
12. What kind of selfishness does Rand advocate?
13. What does the virtue of Rationality consist in? Does it relate to any other virtues?
14. What does the virtue of Productiveness consist in? How does this fit with life in a modern, industrial society?
15. What is Pride, according to Rand? Does it depend on an objective basis, or on subjective feelings?
16. What is the principle of trade?
17. Why is trade an important idea in Objectivism? What kinds of interactions involve trade, and what kinds do not?
18. Is the Objectivist morality idealistic? How so?
19. Is the Objectivist morality practical? How so?