IN PLENO LUMINE: Is incarceration the answer?

IN PLENO LUMINE: Is incarceration the answer?: Est incarceratione responsum ? What do you think the ideal crime deterrent would be.  do you believe our prisons are serving their purpo...

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Fiction or No...: Vel-non f iction Fiction Quid censes ? Fiction or Non-Fiction What do you think? Ayn Rand? Have you ever heard of her?  Did anyone hav...

Vel-non fiction Fiction
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Fiction or Non-Fiction
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Ayn Rand? Have you ever heard of her?  Did anyone have her novels as required reading for an economics or Social studies class?  I, unfortunately did not.
According to my readings and interpretation of such, most of her novels were based on a philosophy given the name of "Objectivism".
My Interpretation of such led me to the premise that it is based on individualism and there is nothing wrong with being selfish.  In a nutshell it could be considered capitalism to the extreme. However it seems have the reader consider the consequences of not being able to detach from emotions and focus on their own individual achievements, in order to achieve a better, more prosperous society.  It truly provides food for thought in regard to how we see our society and where it may be headed.
Mrs. Rand coming from socialist beginnings was committed to fighting this way of life when she came to this country as a writer. She was dedicated to relating this through her novels; that this great country could  become this way if we continued to allow government interference and being conformist.

I have included below some links to her readings as well as the definitions of "Objectivism" as well as "Individualism" Please offer an opinion I would love to hear from you. happy reading!
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  Ayn Rand’s Fiction

  • Atlas Shrugged
  • The Fountainhead
  • Anthem
  • We the Living

Philosophy’s Nature and Importance

• “Philosophy: Who Needs It” in Philosophy: Who Needs It, or listen to the audio recording of Ayn Rand’s original West Point lecture.
• “Philosophical Detection” in Philosophy: Who Needs It
• “For the New Intellectual” in For the New Intellectual

Objectivism as a System of Philosophy

• “Introducing Objectivism” in The Voice of Reason
• “This is John Galt Speaking” in For the New Intellectual
• Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand by Leonard Peikoff

Ethics

• “Introduction” in The Virtue of Selfishness
• “The Soul of an Individualist” in For the New Intellectual
• “Who is the Final Authority in Ethics” in The Voice of Reason
• “The Objectivist Ethics” in The Virtue of Selfishness
• “Causality Versus Duty” in Philosophy: Who Needs It
• “How Does One Lead a Rational Life in an Irrational Society?” in The Virtue of Selfishness

Politics

• “Man’s Rights” in The Virtue of Selfishness
• “The Nature of Government” in The Virtue of Selfishness
• “The Moral Meaning of Capitalism” in For the New Intellectual
• “What Is Capitalism?” in Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal
• “The Meaning of Money” in For the New Intellectual

Cultural Trends

• “Faith and Force: The Destroyers of the Modern World” in Philosophy: Who Needs It
• “The Intellectual Bankruptcy of Our Age” in The Voice of Reason
• “Conservatism: An Obituary” in Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal
• “The Left: Old and New” in Return of the Primitive: The Anti-Industrial Revolution
• “The Anti-Industrial Revolution” in Return of the Primitive: The Anti-Industrial Revolution
• “Global Balkanization” in Return of the Primitive: The Anti-Industrial Revolution
• “The Age of Envy” in Return of the Primitive: The Anti-Industrial Revolution
• “For the New Intellectual” in For the New Intellectual

Through a special arrangement with the publisher, the editor and the Estate of Ayn Rand, ARI has received permission to present The Ayn Rand Lexicon now available in its entirety, free of charge, to Web visitors. Edited by Harry Binswanger, and with an introduction by Leonard Peikoff, The Ayn Rand Lexicon presents key excerpts from Ayn Rand’s writings on some 400 topics in philosophy and related fields. Newcomers find it an enjoyable book to browse, a launching pad to explore the ideas contained in Ayn Rand’s many articles and books.

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We are so in need of positive role models for women.  Why do they not teach this  in schools? ???  Anyhow,  This post is very meaningful to me.  She was the first Female Lawyer on the West Coast and provided the model for the Public Defender System and  the parole system.  Let me know your thoughts I welcome your opinions/debate.

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   Clara Shortridge Foltz (July 16, 1849 – September 2, 1934) was the first female lawyer on the West Coast. She was the sister of U.S. Senator Samuel M.
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Is incarceration the answer?

Est incarceratione responsum?

What do you think the ideal crime deterrent would be.  do you believe our prisons are serving their purpose?  Are inmates being rehabilitated or indoctrinated to a life of crime? Please see below and share your thoughts.

Stanford Prison Experiment (Documentary). by volaresilva The Stanford prison experiment was a study of the psychological effects of becoming a prisoner or prison guard. The experiment was conducted from August 14 to 20, 1971 by a team of researchers led by Psychology professor Philip Zimbardo (Also the host of the documentary series Discovering Psychology) at Stanford University. It was funded by a grant from the U.S. Office of Naval Research and was of interest to both the US Navy and Marine Corps in order to determine the causes of conflict between military guards and prisoners. Twenty-four students were selected out of 75 to play the prisoners and live in a mock prison in the basement of the Stanford psychology building. Roles were assigned randomly. The participants adapted to their roles well beyond what even Zimbardo himself expected, leading the "Officers" to display authoritarian measures and ultimately to subject some of the prisoners to torture. In turn, many of the prisoners developed passive attitudes and accepted physical abuse, and, at the request of the guards, readily inflicted punishment on other prisoners who attempted to stop it. The experiment even affected Zimbardo himself, who, in his capacity as "Prison Superintendent," lost sight of his role as psychologist and permitted the abuse to continue as though it were a real prison. Five of the prisoners were upset enough by the process to quit the experiment early, and the entire experiment was abruptly stopped after only six days. The experimental process and the results remain controversial. The results of the experiment are said to support situational attribution of behavior rather than dispositional attribution. In other words, it seemed the situation caused the participants' behavior, rather than anything inherent in their individual personalities. In this way, it is compatible with the results of the also-famous Milgram experiment, in which ordinary people fulfilled orders to administer what appeared to be agonizing and dangerous electric shocks to a confederate of the experimenter.

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