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Craig Biddle's Articles
Announcements
Thank-Yous and Apologies regarding the D’Souza-Bernstein Debate
Craig Biddle February 10, 2013
A big thank you to Dinesh D’Souza and Andrew Bernstein for their fascinating debate in Austin, Texas on Friday night. Thank you also to Brittney Rivera and the UT Objectivism Society for all their hard work in organizing the event. For those who missed the debate, we plan to post…
Ayn Rand & Objectivism, Philosophy
The Is-Altruism Dichotomy
Craig Biddle February 1, 2013
In this first episode of Reason at Large, I discuss the so-called “is-ought dichotomy” and show that the reason most secular philosophers and intellectuals—including so-called “New Atheists” and “secular humanists”—have been unable to bridge the “is-ought gap” is that they have not been trying to derive the principles of morality…
Announcements
Joshua Lipana, His Doctors, and Modern Technology Beat Cancer
Craig Biddle January 20, 2013
(If you’re new to Joshua’s situation, please see my earlier posts here, here, here, and here.) I’m delighted to announce that Joshua Lipana’s most recent CT Scan shows across-the-board improvements, including “Near complete resolution of mediastinal abnormality.” What was a five-inch by two-inch tumor in Joshua’s chest has been reduced…
Announcements
Help The Objective Standard Defend Your Values
Craig Biddle December 30, 2012
Dear Friend of TOS, I’m writing to ask for your support in defense of your values. For seven years, The Objective Standard has consistently delivered high-quality, in-depth commentary from an Objectivist perspective. We’ve gotten the journal into more than a hundred libraries—including those of Harvard, Princeton, Yale, and many other top…
Education & Parenting
Instapundit Promotes Brad Thompson’s Article on Abolishing “Public” Education
Craig Biddle December 27, 2012
Hats off to Glenn Reynolds of Instapundit for linking to C. Bradley Thompson’s latest TOS article, “The New Abolitionism: Why Education Emancipation is the Moral Imperative of our Time.” Thompson’s article vitally important, and Reynolds’s link is a major promotion. Thank you, Instapundit! Related: The New Abolitionism: Why Education Emancipation…
Good Living
Happy Thanksgiving from The Objective Standard
Craig Biddle November 22, 2012
From everyone at The Objective Standard to everyone who thinks, produces, trades, and thereby creates the values on which human life and happiness depend: Thank you. Thank you profit-seeking businessmen who produce and sell everything from groceries to computers to automobiles to electricity. Your work—although often condemned—is in fact supremely…
Philosophy
Independent Thinking, Morality, and Liberty
Craig Biddle November 20, 2012
Examines the crucial need for advocates of liberty to uphold the same cognitive standard in considering moral matters as they do in considering political matters.
Announcements
From the Editor, Winter 2012
Craig Biddle November 20, 2012
Craig Biddle introduces the Winter 2012–13 issue.
Ayn Rand & Objectivism
Ayn Rand: America's Comeback Philosopher—Video
Craig Biddle November 14, 2012
Here's a video of a speech I gave at Liberty on the Rocks in Lafayette, CO last Monday. Enjoy! http://www.youtube.com/embed/ot5OyZSuU34 Like this post? Join our mailing list to receive our weekly digest. And for in-depth commentary from an Objectivist perspective, subscribe to our quarterly journal, The Objective Standard. Related: Ayn…
Politics & Rights
Why Your Vote for Romney Matters, Swing State or Not
Craig Biddle November 5, 2012
The popular notion that if you’re not living in a swing state your vote in this presidential election doesn’t really count is dangerously false. Although the presidency is ultimately determined by the Electoral College, the strength of the victor’s mandate is determined by the popular vote. And the mandate matters—a…
Ayn Rand & Objectivism, Politics & Rights
Ayn Rand vs. Obama: Whose Ideas are Right for Teens (and Adults)?
Craig Biddle October 26, 2012
In his recent interview with Rolling Stone magazine, President Obama, following the lead of other leftists, implies that Ayn Rand’s ideas are not for mature, intelligent adults, but rather for immature, ignorant teenagers—“17 or 18 and feeling misunderstood,” as he puts it. Much could be said of Obama’s comments on…
Announcements
Mistakes People Make in Thinking about Ethics
Craig Biddle October 9, 2012
I’ll be a guest on Diana Hsieh’s Philosophy in Action Talk Radio show tomorrow, Wednesday, October 10, at 6pm Pacific Time. The subject is common mistakes people make in thinking about ethics or morality. We’ll discuss religious ethics, duty ethics, social and subjective ethics, pragmatism, and more. From the Philosophy…
Ayn Rand & Objectivism
The Trinity of Liberty: Individualism, Individual Rights, and Independent Thinking
Craig Biddle September 23, 2012
Here’s a speech I gave at Universidad Francisco Marroquín earlier this month. Check it out via YouTube, or download the mp3 file. Enjoy! Like this post? Join our mailing list to receive our weekly digest. And for in-depth commentary from an Objectivist perspective, subscribe to our quarterly journal, The Objective…
Philosophy, Politics & Rights
Why the Murders in Benghazi “Should Shock the Conscience of People of All Faiths"
Craig Biddle September 12, 2012
Speaking from the State Department this morning, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called the Islam-motivated slaughter of four Americans at the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi “an attack that should shock the conscience of people of all faiths.” This statement is correct—although not in the way Clinton means it. The conscience of…
Politics & Rights
The Atrocity Following 9/11
Craig Biddle September 11, 2012
The jihadist attack against America on 9/11 was an atrocity—and so is America's self-sacrificial response to that attack. Let's rectify it.
