Ed Locke’s succinct review in Capitalism Magazine of The Tyranny of Merit: What’s Become of the Common Good? brings to mind this quote by Ayn Rand from her essay, “What Is Capitalism?”: The tribal notion of “the common good” has served as the moral justification...
“A philosophy is a view of the universe; it does not back candidates. There can be legitimate differences among people of the same philosophy in regard to political tactics and strategy. So please think the issues over and judge for yourself. I have merely told you...
Happy 87th Birthday to Leonard Peikoff — author of Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand. Said Ayn Rand of the lectures Dr. Peikoff gave on which this book (OPAR) is based: “Until or unless I write a comprehensive treatise on my philosophy, Dr. Peikoff’s...
The Ayn Rand Centre UK has made the debate with Robert Stubblefield and the peripatetic Dr. Andrew Bernstein publicly available. Here is the description: Most Objectivists would agree that there isn’t an ideal presidential candidate to vote for in the upcoming...
The Ayn Rand Institute features an enlightening video by Philosopher Onkar Ghate on how to “form genuine political principles, and summarizes Objectivism’s own distinct approach to political...