Announcements

The Winter issue of TOS is at press and will be mailed shortly. The e-book and audio versions will be posted by December 25 and 30 respectively. The Kindle edition will be delivered on December 30. The contents of the Winter issue are: FEATURES “The New Abolitionism: Why Education Emancipation…

Is Christianity the source of important truths, moral law, and man’s rights and thus profoundly good for mankind—or is it antithetical to all such values and thus profoundly bad? Christian conservative Dinesh D’Souza will argue that Christianity is good; Objectivist atheist Andrew Bernstein will argue the alternative. When: February 8,…

Craig Biddle introduces the Winter 2012–13 issue.

The Objective Standard Mini-Conference in Dallas last weekend was a tremendous success. Turnout was substantially greater than anticipated (80 attendees), with people coming from Austin, Oklahoma, Louisiana, New York, and Canada. The speakers, Andrew Bernstein, Richard Salsman, and Craig Biddle, delivered enlightening and energetic speeches followed by lively Q&A sessions.…

Prints of Ifat Glassman’s portrait of Ayn Rand (which adorns the cover of the Fall issue of TOS) are now available through Fine Art America. Prints start at just $89 and can be matted and framed to your specifications. Order one for yourself and several for Christmas presents, birthday presents, and…

The opening of Atlas Shrugged II in theaters this weekend is a great opportunity to introduce people toThe Objective Standard, the preeminent magazine written from the perspective of Ayn Rand's philosophy of Objectivism. Toward that end, we've created a flier for printing and handing to moviegoers before and after the show.…

Last night Diana Hsieh of Philosophy in Action interviewed Craig Biddle about common mistakes people make in thinking about ethics. The full podcast of the hourlong interview is now available. Discussion encompassed "people's wrong ideas about ethics, including ethics of duty, pragmatism, religious ethics, [and] collectivism." For Biddle's systematic treatment…

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…

You are invited to an Objective Standard Mini-Conference on Saturday, October 20, from 1:00 to 6:00 p.m. LOCATION Double Tree by Hilton 4099 Valley View Lane Dallas, Texas 75244 PROGRAM & SPEAKERS “Religion vs. Morality” by Andrew Bernstein   For thousands of years, and continuing to this day, many people believe(d) that…

The Objective Standard is seeking a part-time web developer to join our team. Candidates must be proficient in asp, php, MySQL database management, Javascript, Jquery, and Wordpress. Candidates must also have relatively strong experience in object-oriented design, as one of the immediate projects is to refactor our current codebase into…