Yes, I was being snarky at TJ's expense. I agree that you can't reason
from Is to Ought in purely objective terms:
http://knowinghumans.net/2008/04/rand-did-not-solve-is-ought-problem.html
So I take his "self-evident truths" as shorthand for "propositions that
command such nearly-universal assent that in most contexts there's no
need to try to justify them". In fact, I adopt his shorthand in my Free
Earth Manifesto: http://EarthFreedom.net/manifesto
