Debate: Is Ayn Rand right about rights?
If my life is the standard of morality, then why should I refrain from interfering with your freedom if doing so will advance my interests?
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Markets work with altruism, too
The market can route self-interest toward the common good. But the market channels altruism better than the state too.
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3 women who inspired the modern libertarian movement
Rose Wilder Lane, Isabel Paterson, and Ayn Rand together comprise the “founding mothers” of modern libertarianism.
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Immanuel Kant: Philosopher of Freedom
Kant was self-consciously an Enlightenment liberal who believed in limited government and maximum freedom.
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Crony-in-Chief: Donald Trump epitomizes Ayn Rand’s “Aristocracy of Pull.”
A president who truly understood Rand’s philosophy would not be cozying up to Putin, bullying companies to keep manufacturing plants in the United States, or promising “insurance for everybody.”
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Top libertarian moments in Gilmore Girls
When we get a spare moment around the metaphorical water cooler, we love to gab about the latest shows we’re binge-watching. It should come as no surprise that these conversations quickly turn to how libertarianism applies to our favorite shows.
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Ayn Rand Seminar at ISFLC
If you’re interested in Ayn Rand’s writing and will be attending the International Students for Liberty Conference, come a day early and learn about Ayn Rand’s unique and integrated moral-philosophical argument and its connection to a free society. The seminar will examine three of her essays, “The Objectivist Ethics,” “Man’s Rights,” and “What Is Capitalism” […]
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Do You Want to Live in the World of Atlas Shrugged?
Author Ayn Rand is one of the most divisive thinkers of the modern era, but does her work hint at themes that are common to most if not all of us? In honor of her birthday, take a moment to reflect on whether or not you would want to live in the world Rand created […]
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