In reacting to the Enron scandal, many cultural commentators have been quick to recur to a favorite theme: the corrupting power of commerce
In reacting to the Enron scandal, many cultural commentators have been quick to recur to a favorite theme: the corrupting power of commerce
This is a collection of essays and reviews by an American sociologist who for some forty years has been slugging it out in academic journals
A few years ago, a colleague whose intelligence I respect invited me to attend a lecture he was going to give. "This will not be one of.....
December 2004 -- Ayn Rand acknowledged Aristotle as the only philosopher to whom she was indebted, the father of logic who defined "the bas
December 2004 -- Ayn Rand was no academic, and people sometimes point to that fact to explain the lack of scholarly consideration given
May 2002-- On December 2, 2001, Enron Corporation filed for bankruptcy. With the company's assets then estimated at $62 billion, it was the
The Atlas Society promotes open Objectivism: the philosophy of reason, individualism, achievement, and freedom originated by Ayn Rand....
The Objectivist ethics holds the human good does not require human sacrifices and cannot be achieved by the sacrifices of anyone to anyone.
Ich sitze am Ufer des Ontariosees. Es ist Spätfrühling, und die Sonne ist vor etwa fünf Minuten aufgegangen. Das Wasser, das blau erschien
Transhumanism (e.g. H+ ) or Extropianism is an ideological coalition centered on the idea that, in the near future, substantial....
Libertarianism is the political position that all human relationships should be voluntary, i.e. not subject to the initiation of force by...
Objectivism reads "I am my brother's keeper" as a short-hand for an ideal of self-sacrifice and service to the group. In other words, it...
Der Objektivismus geht davon aus, dass der Mensch einen freien Willen hat. In jedem Moment stehen uns viele Handlungsmöglichkeiten offen; welche Handlung wir auch immer wählen, wir könnten genauso gut
1917 übernahmen die Bolschewiki unter Lenin in der berühmten Oktoberrevolution die Kontrolle über Russland und beendeten damit ein kurzlebiges Experiment mit .....
When economic crises hit, politicians of both parties are demanding more regulation of the economy. Failures in banking and finance...
Die Erkenntnistheorie ist der Zweig der Philosophie, der sich mit der grundlegenden Natur des Wissens, einschließlich seiner Quellen und seiner Validierung, beschäftigt...
Bevor es die Philosophie gab, sahen die Menschen die Welt nicht so, wie wir sie sehen. Warum stieg der Nil an und überflutete das Feld
Der folgende Text ist Kapitel 5 aus dem Buch The Contested Legacy of Ayn Rand: Truth and Toleration in Objectivism von David Kelley.
Twenty years ago, on February 24, 1990, George Walsh and David Kelley stood before a crowded lecture hall in New York City to announce the
Wie die Leser dieser Zeitschrift wissen, hat das Institut in den letzten Monaten die sozialisierte Medizin bekämpft und eine Vortragsreihe gesponsert...