Ayn Rand & Objectivism
Ayn Rand & Objectivism
An Interview with Atlas Shrugged Movie Producer Harmon Kaslow
Craig Biddle February 20, 2011
Discusses the film, how it came together, choice of screenwriter and director, casting, score, and distribution.
Ayn Rand & Objectivism
Atlas Shrugged’s Long Journey to the Silver Screen
C. A. Wolski February 20, 2011
Provides a concise history of the efforts to adapt Atlas for the screen.
Ayn Rand & Objectivism, Good Living
The Beauty of Ayn Rand’s Ethics
Craig Biddle December 29, 2010
Ayn Rand’s ethics, the centerpiece of Objectivism, is a code of morality for living and loving life. This is a beautiful thing.
Ayn Rand & Objectivism, Philosophy
Independence vs. Second-Handedness
Craig Biddle November 3, 2010
An independent thinker faces reality and thinks for himself. A second-hander faces other people and expects them to think for him.
Ayn Rand & Objectivism
Vladimir Shlapentokh's Flagrant Dishonesty Regarding Ayn Rand
Alan Germani October 28, 2010
I recently posted about Vladimir Shlapentokh’s opinion piece in the Christian Science Monitor, in which he misrepresents Ayn Rand’s ideas and calls for Tea Partiers to distance themselves from her. In that post, I focused solely on his absurd claims about Rand’s politics; here, for those who may be interested…
Ayn Rand & Objectivism, Philosophy, Politics & Rights
Should Tea Partiers Abandon or Embrace Ayn Rand?
Alan Germani October 21, 2010
[caption id="attachment_28169" align="alignright" width="241"] Image: Wikimedia Commons[/caption] In a recent Christian Science Monitor editorial, Vladimir Shlapentokh suggests that the popularity of Ayn Rand among Tea Partiers should “concern all Americans” and recommends that Tea Partiers distance themselves from the 20th-century philosopher and novelist. Why? According to Shlapentokh, Ayn Rand was…
Ayn Rand & Objectivism, Philosophy
Six Clarifying Quotes on Honesty
Daniel Wahl September 27, 2010
In Ayn Rand's Normative Ethics: The Virtuous Egoist, Tara Smith dives deep into the virtues on which life depends, showing why they are requirements and what they demand. Here are six quotes I particularly liked, from Smith's chapter on honesty: "As the refusal to fake reality, honesty consists in a deliberate,…
Ayn Rand & Objectivism, Reviews
Review: The Passion of Ayn Rand’s Critics, by James Valliant
Roderick Fitts August 20, 2010
Roderick Fitts reviews The Passion of Ayn Rand’s Critics: The Case Against the Brandens, by James Valliant.
Ayn Rand & Objectivism
Why Anthony Daniels Smears Ayn Rand
Alan Germani May 20, 2010
Examines Daniels’s recent New Criterion article “Ayn Rand: Engineer of Souls” and ponders the question, “Why, to the detriment of his own credibility, would an otherwise capable intellectual so grossly misrepresent Rand’s actual views—and do so, not at a cocktail party, but in a public forum?”
Announcements, Ayn Rand & Objectivism
The OList Empire of Excellence
Craig Biddle May 15, 2010
Here’s a note from Diana Hsieh about her growing empire of excellence in activism and living: Hi, I'm Diana Hsieh. I'm an Objectivist and a recent Ph.D in philosophy. I oversee an independent network of e-mail lists for friendly discussion and information-sharing among advocates of Ayn Rand's philosophy of Objectivism. They are…