Craig Biddle's Articles
Ayn Rand & Objectivism
Resources for Understanding Objectivism
Craig Biddle July 3, 2017
Resources for understanding Objectivism, including books, essays, courses, lectures, interviews, organizations, and more.
Politics & Rights
Questions about Jihad on Children
Craig Biddle May 28, 2017
Here are the questions we all should be asking in regard to the jihad against the West and our children.
Announcements
From the Editor, Summer 2017
Craig Biddle May 22, 2017
Welcome to the Summer 2017 issue of The Objective Standard.
Ayn Rand & Objectivism, Philosophy
Egoism, Benevolence, and Generosity
Craig Biddle May 21, 2017
Although benevolence and generosity are not universally life-serving and thus are not moral virtues per se, they can be, and often are, profoundly selfish.
Announcements
Nuggets of Note - May 3, 2017
Craig Biddle May 3, 2017
Richard Salsman on President Trump’s first 100 days, Isaac Morehouse on work-life balance, Matheus Pacini’s Objetivismo Brasil, and more...
Ayn Rand & Objectivism, Philosophy
Ben Shapiro Denies and Affirms the Law of Identity
Craig Biddle May 1, 2017
Ben Shapiro claims that all philosophic foundations are subjective, but, in action, he reaffirms the objectivity of some.
Philosophy
A Step Toward Rational Secularism Is Better than None
Craig Biddle April 28, 2017
Addresses criticisms of “The Shapiro Principle” with questions about how best to encourage religious people to embrace reason and freedom.
Philosophy, Politics & Rights
The Shapiro Principle: A Godsend for Lovers of Liberty
Craig Biddle April 26, 2017
The Shapiro Principle is the means to a mass movement that grounds rights, freedom, and capitalism in reason, observation, and logic.
Politics & Rights
The Poor, Disabled, and Helpless Under Capitalism
Craig Biddle April 26, 2017
Shows that under laissez-faire capitalism, the poor, disabled, and helpless would fare as well as is possible.
Philosophy, Science & Technology
Reason and Capitalism, or Unreason and Environmentalism: Choose Wisely
Craig Biddle April 21, 2017
If liberating a bulldozer’s dharma nature and returning it to the Earth strikes you as crazy, you’re not using your reptilian cortex.
Philosophy
Religion Is Super Subjectivism
Craig Biddle April 20, 2017
Shows why religion—or “supernatural” subjectivism—is significantly more subjective than secular subjectivism.
Ayn Rand & Objectivism, Philosophy
Why the Prager-Shermer Debate Will Go Essentially Nowhere
Craig Biddle April 18, 2017
Dennis Prager and Michael Shermer’s discussion about secular, objective morality is unlikely to make significant headway. Here’s why.
History
Ron Chernow Gets “America at Her Best Is Hamiltonian”
Craig Biddle April 13, 2017
During a Q&A, Ron Chernow, author of Alexander Hamilton, receives a copy of Richard Salsman’s “America at Her Best Is Hamiltonian.”
Philosophy, Politics & Rights
The Muddy Waters of the Nolan Chart
Craig Biddle April 13, 2017
In its aim to make room for “nuance,” the Nolan chart muddies political waters in myriad ways.
Announcements, Economics
Richard M. Salsman’s The Political Economy of Public Debt Is Now Available
Craig Biddle April 5, 2017
Richard M. Salsman’s book The Political Economy of Public Debt: Three Centuries of Theory and Evidence has been published and is available through Amazon.com.