Ayn Rand & Objectivism
Announcements, Ayn Rand & Objectivism, Philosophy, Politics & Rights
The Source and Nature of Rights, Part III
TOS Admin January 15, 2010
Part three of Craig Biddle’s six-hour seminar The Source and Nature of Rights has been posted to UFM’s website and is accessible for free. In this section, Mr. Biddle continues his discussion of Ayn Rand’s ethics and theory of rights.
Ayn Rand & Objectivism, Reviews
Review: Goddess of the Market, by Jennifer Burns
Robert Mayhew November 20, 2009
Robert Mayhew reviews Goddess of the Market: Ayn Rand and the American Right, by Jennifer Burns.
Announcements, Ayn Rand & Objectivism
The Objectivist Club Network's Mentoring Program
Craig Biddle November 12, 2009
Here's a note from Matt Gerber of The Objectivist Club Network: The Objectivist Club Network is launching a new program: providing guidance and assistance to individuals who want to start a new Objectivist community club. There are dozens of community groups currently in existence, many of them are incredibly vibrant…
Announcements, Ayn Rand & Objectivism
Virtual Objectivist Club
Craig Biddle August 26, 2009
Here’s a note from Keith Schacht, who is involved in the start up of a new organization called the Virtual Objectivist Club (OCN). I helped start the Objectivist Club Network (OCN), an organization dedicated to helping all Objectivist Campus Clubs. OCN is not affiliated with the Ayn Rand Institute, although…
Ayn Rand & Objectivism, Reviews
Review: Objectively Speaking, edited by Marlene Podritske and Peter Schwartz
Dina Schein Federman August 20, 2009
Dina Schein Federman reviews Objectively Speaking: Ayn Rand Interviewed, edited by Marlene Podritske and Peter Schwartz.
Ayn Rand & Objectivism, Philosophy
The Is–Ought Gap: Subjectivism’s Technical Retreat
Craig Biddle May 20, 2009
Examines the so-called is–ought gap, the claim that moral principles cannot be derived from observable facts, and highlights the need of a solution.
Ayn Rand & Objectivism
Yaron Brook on Ayn Rand: A Triptych
Craig Biddle March 17, 2009
1. If you’ve not yet read it, don’t miss Yaron Brook’s excellent op-ed “Is Rand Relevant?” in the Wall Street Journal. Here are the opening paragraphs: Ayn Rand died more than a quarter of a century ago, yet her name appears regularly in discussions of our current economic turmoil. Pundits…
Ayn Rand & Objectivism, Philosophy
Religion vs. Subjectivism: Why Neither Will Do
Craig Biddle February 20, 2009
Examines the alternatives of religion and subjectivism, and shows them to be equally life-thwarting and revealingly similar.
Ayn Rand & Objectivism
Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged and the World Today: An Interview with Yaron Brook
Craig Biddle February 20, 2009
Explains why, more than fifty years ago, Rand was able to project the kinds of crises we are seeing today.
Announcements, Ayn Rand & Objectivism
Rational Egoism in Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead
Craig Biddle April 28, 2008
Who: Andrew Bernstein, professor of philosophy and speaker for the Ayn Rand Institute What: A talk and Q & A examining The Fountainhead and explaining Ayn Rand's morality of rational egoism Where: University of Maryland, Arts Building, Room 2309, College Park, MD When: May 1, 2008, at 8 pm Admission…