Objectivist Platform
I'm playing President Infinity, a game where you can run a customized Presidential campaign, so I'm creating the Objectivist Party and have to enter a platform. Economics and taxation is easy. I also assume the War on Drugs would be out. Other issues are not as clear. What do you think the Randian view would be on...
1. Foreign policy? I would think that something like Iraq would not serve our interests, but a pre-emptive strike or intervention where the combatants possess a threat to the United States could be in our interest. But can a COUNTRY itself have rational self interest? If it is, then one could make arguments for, say, universal healthcare, saying it's in the "country's" interests to have a healthy population. I don't subscribe to this view, but having the interest of the country does open up a can of worms?
2. Abortion? I don't want to get controversial, but this is tricky, because there are two interests (mother, baby) that may be in conflict with each other.
3. North Korea, Iran, War on Terror? You could say that a stable Middle East, etc. is in our interest to reduce terrorism, I can see others saying that it's a form of altruism toward the peoples of those countries?
1. Foreign policy? I would think that something like Iraq would not serve our interests, but a pre-emptive strike or intervention where the combatants possess a threat to the United States could be in our interest. But can a COUNTRY itself have rational self interest? If it is, then one could make arguments for, say, universal healthcare, saying it's in the "country's" interests to have a healthy population. I don't subscribe to this view, but having the interest of the country does open up a can of worms?
2. Abortion? I don't want to get controversial, but this is tricky, because there are two interests (mother, baby) that may be in conflict with each other.
3. North Korea, Iran, War on Terror? You could say that a stable Middle East, etc. is in our interest to reduce terrorism, I can see others saying that it's a form of altruism toward the peoples of those countries?
