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The Problem With "Selfishness"

Atlas Summit 2012 -- In her book, The Virtue of Selfishness, Ayn Rand exhorted readers to put the word "selfishness" to its true and proper

Dec 13, 2012
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Marsha Enright
1 Min
Yes, Mr. President, Ayn Rand Is for Teens -- and Everyone Else

Ayn Rand is one of those things that a lot of us, when we were 17 or 18 and feeling misunderstood, we’d pick up. Then, as we get older, we..

Oct 26, 2012
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A. R. Cohen
4 Mins
Why Man Needs Art

Art is widely thought of as indefinable, inherently subjective, and disconnected from any practical need or concern. Many modern thinkers

Jan 25, 2012
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David Kelley, Ph.D.
7 Mins
A Humanist Ethics of Pride

BOOK REVIEW : Richard Taylor, Restoring Pride: The Lost Virtue of Our Age (Amherst, New York: Prometheus Press, 1996)

Jan 25, 2012
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5 Mins
Myth: Ayn Rand was an Elitist

The heroes of Ayn Rand’s fiction are great achievers, like Howard Roark, the superlative architect in The Fountainhead, and John Galt, the b

Dec 19, 2011
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David Kelley, Ph.D.
5 mins
I Can and I Will

That pithy advice, usually attributed to Henry Ford, expresses one of the most frequent themes in the vast literature of self-improvement...

Sep 1, 2011
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David Kelley, Ph.D.
10 Mins
Pride: Living as a Self-Made Soul

In this webinar, recorded on June 29, 2011, William R Thomas discusses pride as "the first and last of the virtues." Pride connects

Aug 29, 2011
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2 Mins
The Importance of Blacklisting

August 30, 2002 -- Objectivism distinguishes between errors of ignorance and errors of morality, and libertarianism distinguishes between

May 30, 2011
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8 Mins
The Virtue of Rationality

Are you rational? Or do you yield often to vices such as emotionalism, bias, and dogmatism? On October 21st, 2010, William R Thomas lead an

May 16, 2011
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1 Mins
Justice: Treating Others Objectively

Judge others, and prepare to be judged. We live in society, but how can we deal with others in a way that promotes rational, productive

May 16, 2011
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2 Mins
Myth: Ayn Rand was for Dog-Eat-Dog Selfishness

Many people still think Ayn Rand advocated a take-what-you-want-and-damn-everyone-else kind of selfishness.

May 2, 2011
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William Thomas
4 Mins
The Pursuit of Happiness

This program addresses Rand's conception of happiness as an end in itself, including differences in her formulations of that end...

Apr 13, 2011
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David Kelley, Ph.D.
2 Mins
Reason vs. Anti-Reason

This audio program addresses Rand's conception of happiness as an end in itself, including differences in her formulations of that end...

Apr 13, 2011
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William Thomas
2 Mins
Trade vs. Power

This program addresses Rand's conception of happiness as an end in itself, including differences in her formulations of that end...

Apr 13, 2011
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David Kelley, Ph.D.
2 Mins
Skeptics and Humanists: Allies or Enemies of Individualism?

This past January, hundreds of skeptics and humanists gathered at the Stardust Hotel in Las Vegas for a three-day conference on “Science in

Mar 25, 2011
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Eddie Hudgins
10 Mins
Falling Short of Perfection

Tara Smith’s new book, Ayn Rand’s Normative Ethics, is not revolutionary, but it is a thorough and valuable work. Smith’s goal is, first....

Mar 24, 2011
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Shawn E. Klein
7 Mins
Discussion of "Blond Beasts"

This commentary is part of The Atlas Society's 2000 online "CyberSeminar" entitled " Nietzsche and Objectivism ...

Mar 8, 2011
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Stephen Hicks Ph.D.
8 Mins
Immortality and Value

Objectivists would try to employ any technology that reliably allowed them to live longer, fuller lives. It is wonderful and life-affirming

Jan 26, 2011
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2 Mins
Production of Bads Not Goods

In a society that is basically Objectivist in its beliefs and laws, the only actions that would be illegal would be those that impose harm o

Jan 26, 2011
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4 Mins
Love, Lust, and the Mind-Body Dichotomy

Question: How does Objectivism define and classify sexual desire and lust? It seems they do not actually flow from convictions, but instead

Jan 26, 2011
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2 Mins

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