Philosophy
Philosophy
The Hard-Won Wisdom of a Former Bigot
Jon Hersey March 28, 2019
Megan Phelps-Roper was five when her parents first put a picket sign in her hands. You don't want to know what it said.
Ayn Rand & Objectivism, Philosophy, Politics & Rights
Liberty: What Is It? Why Is It Good? On What Does It Depend?
Here's a brief introduction to Ayn Rand’s views on liberty and how they differ from conventional views.
Philosophy, Politics & Rights
Why Conservatives Are Defenseless against Ocasio-Cortez’s Lethal Moral Code
Anders Ingemarson February 13, 2019
Unlike most who oppose her, Ocasio-Cortez does not promote contradictory political/economic and moral principles.
Philosophy
Environmentalists’ Marching Orders for Human Extinction
Craig Biddle December 21, 2018
The environmentalist movement has long been fueled by anti-human vitriol and calls for human destruction; now their marching orders have been issued afresh.
Ayn Rand & Objectivism, Philosophy, Reviews
The Illusion of Determinism: Why Free Will Is Real and Causal by Edwin A. Locke
Jeffrey Falk December 19, 2018
This book shows that determinists are free to go on questioning the reality of human volition but not free to escape the contradiction inherent in that act.
Philosophy, Politics & Rights
Four Fallacies Regarding the Political Spectrum
Craig Biddle December 6, 2018
As long as people conceive of the spectrum in terms of package deals, false alternatives, frozen abstractions, or stolen concepts, their thinking will be discombobulated.
History, Philosophy, Politics & Rights
Public Land’s Collectivist Roots
Jon Hersey November 20, 2018
Some call national parks “America’s best idea.” In truth, public lands of any type are antithetical to what is truly America’s best idea: individual rights.
Economics, Philosophy
The Mind-Based Etymology of ‘Capitalism’
Richard M. Salsman November 20, 2018
In the case of “socialism,” “communism,” and “fascism,” the words relate clearly and directly to their respective systems. But what about capitalism?
History, Philosophy
The Need for Philosophy in the Islands of the Blessed
Timothy Sandefur November 20, 2018
Ka‘ahumanu overthrew Hawaii's brutal religion. Tragically, that was not enough. The Hawaiian people, like all people, needed the insights of philosophy.
Ayn Rand & Objectivism, Philosophy, Politics & Rights
Ayn Rand’s Method for Slaying Monsters
Jon Hersey October 31, 2018
We can’t rely on garlic, decapitation, or sunlight to repel the noxious creatures that we do inevitably encounter in life. In order to fortify ourselves against evil, we have to understand it.