“’The king died, and then the queen died,’ is a [chronicle] story, while ‘The king died, and then the queen died of grief,’ is a plot.”...
In a recent Time magazine article, Roger McNamee offers an agitated criticism of Facebook, adapted from his book Zucked: Waking Up to the...
I grew up in California in the 1960s and 1970s, then graduated from UCLA with a BA in Mathematics. Since my parents were divorced, I worked
It has taken more than two decades for Venezuela, once the wealthiest nation in Latin America, with a long tradition of independence and dem
Between February 1692 and May 1693, in Salem, Mass., more than 200 people were accused of witchcraft, 20 of whom were ultimately executed...
In his recent book, The Future of Capitalism: Facing the New Anxieties, Paul Collier mentions Ayn Rand. The comment is a one-off, so I’ll
Growing up during the 1950s, Robert Bidinotto became enthralled by TV vigilante heroes, such as The Lone Ranger, Zorro, and Batman. That
Editor’s Note: Tal Tsfany’s 2017 young adult novel Sophie is the third installment of our Writers Series. Sophie is the story of Syrian
Intellectual battles are the cognitive lifeblood of a healthy society. Life is complicated and the stakes are high, so thoughtful and
My topic is environmental philosophy and hazardous wastes. There are lots of benefits to living in a high-tech society—but there are also...
“So you think money is the root of all evil?” That is the question the wealthy, dashing copper magnate Francisco d’Anconia asked at the...
In the nineteenth century the question of the true meaning of socialism was a live issue among collectivists of all stripes. Kant, Herder...
A few years ago I read the book What Art Is: The Esthetic Theory of Ayn Rand (Open Court, 2000) by Louis Torres and Michelle Marder Kamhi..
In The Writers Series this month we feature another contemporary novel informed by the ideas and the romantic realism of Ayn Rand...
W. S. Gifford, the president of the American Telephone & Telegraph Company, called London on January 7, 1927 to speak with Sir Evelyn...
According to Rand, ethics is based on the requirements of life. That which makes life possible sets the standard of good; that which
In “Benevolence versus Altruism” (The Objectivist Newsletter, July 1962), Nathaniel Branden decried the “package deal” that links altruism
Altruism holds that man has no right to exist for his own sake, that service to others is the only justification of his existence, and that
In all most traditional ethical theories, self interest is the target of morality, but it is the self interest of the better off, stronger
In the context of the history of ethics, this is not surprising. Business ethics is an applied discipline, and one would expect it to apply
