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*'''Comment''' I was going to nominate objectivist ethics and politics because those are not used popularly or in scholarly media. they seem to be neologisms created to capture and redescribe a bit of objectivist ideology. --[[User:Buridan|Buridan]] 00:14, 28 August 2007 (UTC)
::I agree. It remains the case, despite the recent edits, that the article [[Objectivist theory of value]] contains no references to secondary sources, and should be deleted as per the [[Wikipedia:Deletion policy]]. The same is true of the other two articles. Their reference lists are pretty much restricted to Rand's own work, with a sprinkle from on or two of her supporters. Because Rand is outside the mainstream of philosophy, there is little by way of commentary on her work in academic circles. There is a short piece in [http://www.iep.utm.edu/r/rand.htm IEP], bit it is certainly the exception - there is nothing like the coverage given in the Wiki. Perhaps the editors could allay these concerns by introducing some popular critiques of Rand's work? After all, if the stuff is as notable as is claimed, it should be possible to produce this material. [[User:Banno|Banno]] 00:58, 28 August 2007 (UTC)
:::There are a number of critiques of Rand's value theory. You claim that there are sprinkles from her supporters, but that shows an ignorance of the sources that I've quoted; the essay in ''The Philosophical Thoughts of Ayn Rand'' is ''critical'' of the Objectivist theory of value (it's called 'Life and the Theory of Value: The Randian Argument Reconsidered', by J. Charles King; if I had a copy, I'd give it as much space in this article as I have Rand's own work). Others that have published critiques of the theory include [[David D. Friedman]], who is most certainly not an Objectivist (and used to battle [[Jimmy Wales]], who is an Objectivist, on Usenet groups, back in the day). [[User:Bastin8/Signature|Bastin]] 21:16, 28 August 2007 (UTC)
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