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ISSN: 1734-9923     eISSN: 2300-7621    OAI    DOI: 10.18276/aie.2020.52-05
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Issue archive / 52 (2020)
Życie, szczęście, rozkwitanie. Wokół pojęcia ostatecznego celu człowieka w filozofii obiektywistycznej Ayn Rand
(Life, happiness, flourishing. On the concept of human being’s ultimate goal in Ayn Rand’s objectivist philosophy)

Authors: Ziemowit Gowin ORCID
Zakład Filozofii Społecznej Instytutu Filozofii Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: Ayn Rand man’s ultimate goal life happiness
Whole issue publication date:2020
Page range:18 (75-92)
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Abstract

The aim of this paper is to present and analyze different formulations of human beings ultimate goal in Ayn Rand’s philosophy. I offer an analysis of Rand’s own formulations, namely that the ultimate goal is (i) one’s own life, (ii) one’s survival qua man, and (iii) one’s own happiness. The remainder of the paper is focused on two other possible formulations of the ultimate goal from an Objectivist perspective: (iv) one’s own flourishing and (v) happy life. My thesis is that all these formulations – both Rand’s and the two others – are not only compatible with each other but also complementary.
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