"Starting a war is easy. All you have to do is tell them that they are being attacked, and denounce the peacemakers for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country.”
A recording of a lecture given by Objectivist Jonathan Connelly at Phoenix Objectivists's April 11th meeting. In this lecture, Connelly makes the case that freedom should be defended epistemologically not subjectively.
Individualism holds that man has inalienable rights which cannot be taken away from him by any other man, group or collective of other men. Collectivism holds that man has no rights; that his work, his body and his personality belong to the group.
As September 11th approaches, it is a fitting time to consider the true nature of the societies that collided that day in 2001. We must assert the moral superiority of Western civilization, or lose it entirely.
Even highly intelligent people are prone to evading reality. Think you're immune? Here are five questions you can ask yourself, to help evaluate your own intellectual courage and fidelity to reality.
Ayn Rand's ethical system honors life above all else, and provides the perfect framework for embracing the importance of health, quality-of-life, and longevity.
Reason Senior Editor Katherine Mangu-Ward recently sat down with Jennifer Burns, an assistant professor of history at the University of Virginia and author of the new book Goddess of the Market: Ayn Rand and the American Right.
Bilderberg attendee and international lothario Mark Sanford speaks on the relevance of Ayn Rand and her principles on the Bilderberg-friendly publication Newsweek.
The morally ugly nature of altruism was on display when the H.H.S. Secretary declared that one in ten doses of the Swine Flu vaccine will be given to other countries before the vaccine is distributed to Americans.
In his spare time, BB&T President John Allison IV travels the country making speeches about his bank’s distinctive philosophy, why the economy went sour and why government bailouts are wrong.