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Individualism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Individualism is not the opposite of socialism, except in a very general and incomplete way. ... Through all forms of individualism runs the note of emphasis upon the importance of self in opposition to either restraint or assistance from without. Individualism is scarcely a principle, ... Religious individualism...
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"Collectivism, unlike individualism, holds the group as the primary, and the standard of moral value." -- Mark Da Cunha HERE ... "The antipode of individualism is collectivism, which subordinates the individual to the group -- be it the 'community,' the tribe, the race, the proletariat, etc. A person's moral worth is judged...
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Individual - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
As commonly used, an individual is a person or any specific object in a collection. In the 15th century and earlier, and also today within the fields of statistics and metaphysics, individual means ...
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Individualism - Definition of Individualism at Dictionary.com a free online dictionary with pronunciation, synonyms, and translation of Individualism. Look it up now! ... Individualism at Amazon; Millions of titles, new & used. Qualified orders over $25 ship free;
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Individualism is only opposed to man living in society as a non-individual amorphous member of a collective, i.e., a slave. Individualism holds that it is much better for man to live on a deserted island, than to live in a society where he is nothing more than a pawn ready to be sacrificed to the altar of the "public good."
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Let us examine the straw man of "atomistic individualism" that Etzioni, Dionne, Kirk, and others have set up. The philosophical roots of the charge have been set forth by communitarian critics of classical liberal individualism, such as the philosopher Charles Taylor and the political scientist Michael Sandel.
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Individualism and the Free Society: Part I: by Nathaniel Branden, November 1994 ... Individualism is at once an ethical-psychological concept and an ethical-political one. As an ethical-psychological concept, individualism holds that a human being should think and judge independently, respecting nothing more than...
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TOC Website Manager, Shawn E. Klein explores the relationship between individualism and community, and explains why individuals can be united and still be individuals. ... America, however, is a nation of individuals and individualism. This is the essence of our founding documents—that each of us could pursue our...
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