Straw Men are Huemerous
February 26, 2008 by Paul McKeever · Leave a Comment
My most recent video came online about an hour ago on my youtube channel.
Direct link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRIFysTpvSA
Titled “Straw Men are Huemerous”, it is a response to Philosophy professor Michael Huemer’s critique of Ayn Rand’s “The Objectivist Ethics”. Huemer claims to have identified 8 “fatal flaws” in Rand’s ethics. I go through each alleged flaw, and demonstrate each to be a straw man argument.
Enjoy…or don’t.
Comments and video responses welcome (i.e., post them at youtube, in response to the video).
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The Passion of Paul McKeever's Critics: An Open Letter to Grasshopper
April 10, 2009 by Paul McKeever · 4 Comments
On February 28, 2008, I released a video titled “Straw Men are Huemerous”. It was a response to a paper written by Michael Huemer, a professor of philosophy at the University of Colorado, titled “Critique of ‘The Objectivist Ethics’ “. Huemer’s essay purports to be a critique of the first essay in Ayn Rand’s book “The Virtue of Selfishness”; an essay, titled “The Objectivist Ethics” (hereinafter “TOE”), that lays out the essentials of her ethical philosophy. Read more