Kant vs. Rand

[Nym90]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kant

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayn_Rand

I personally prefer Kant.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Kant is wrong about lots of things, but Rand is wrong about everything, so Kant.

[skybridge]

Kant, though there are betters.

[Bono]

I suppose Rand is marginally better.

[Nation]

Have any of you tried reading Kant? It ain't easy.

[King]

Kant's work can actually be given credit as somewhat logical.  Rand is just crazy.

[AuH2O]

I would vote Kant. I think better philosopher vs. philosopher polls could be thought of, though. With maps!

On Kant: his logic is somewhat flawed because it relies upon truth-telling as the model to understand why it is moral and absolute. Once you examine other actions, though, they are not so easily disproven.

And of course Kant flies in the face of utility, which is the basic philosophic system of most people.

[minionofmidas]

Have any of you tried reading Kant? It ain't easy.

Yes, and Yes.