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==Objectivism== "Objectivism" is a term that describes a branch of philosophy that originated in the ear

===Moral fallibilism=== ...oral fallibilism holds out a third plausible stance: that objectively true moral [[standards]] may exist, but that they cannot be reliably or conclusively d

...ew c[[oncept]]ion of humility as "that meta-attitude which constitutes the moral agent's proper [[perspective]] on himself as a dependent and corrupt but ca ...f truth.[4][5] Some other schools of [[thought]], such as [[Ayn Rand]]'s [[Objectivism]], have seen self-abasement as antithetical to [[morality]].

...of [[concept]]s such as [[right]] and [[wrong]], [[good and evil]], and [[moral responsibility|responsibility]]. It is divided into three primary areas: '' ...o main strands of thought, '[[moral relativism|non-realism]]' and '[[moral objectivism|realism]],' that attempt to explain what ethical values and claims are actu

...ican Dream. These aspects take a Westernized position. The eudaimonism and objectivism that claim self-sacrificial goals are destructive take more of a Western ph ...also identifies four possible sources of energy for purpose, four sets of moral ideas that provide the basis for action. The second part of the book contai

* Absence of religious motivation—belief in gods does not motivate moral action, religious action, or any other form of action; ...ource of [[ethics]] and [[value]]s, and permits [[individual]]s to resolve moral problems without resorting to God. Marx, Nietzsche, Freud, and Sartre all u