By Harry Binswanger February 2nd is the birthday of Ayn Rand, the author of Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead. Ayn Rand developed and defended Objectivism, a philosophy that advocates “rational selfishness.” To celebrate Randsday, you do something not done on any...
Onkar Ghate refutes Sam Harris’ misconceptions about free-will by explaining that free-will is primarily not about the reasons for choosing one’s actions (content), but fundamentally about the choice to think or not (process): to focus one’s mind on...
[A]chieving life is not the equivalent of avoiding death. . . . You seek escape from pain. We seek the achievement of happiness. You exist for the sake of avoiding punishment. We exist for the sake of earning rewards. Threats will not make us function; fear is not our...
A talk presented by Professor Tara Smith at the University of Texas Austin on April 1,...
An excerpt from Chapter 5 of Ayn Rand Answers: ARI: Can you give a specific example of when she responded angrily to a question? MARY ANN: Someone asked her for her views on immigration, if she thought it was a good thing. And she got indignant immediately at the very... 
