Philosophy
Announcements, Good Living, Philosophy
TOS-Con 2018—Registration and Early-Bird Discounts
TOS Admin January 21, 2018
Registration is now open for TOS-Con 2018: Philosophy for Freedom and Flourishing-along with steeply discounted Early-Bird pricing.
Economics, Philosophy
‘Shithole Countries,’ Moral Ambitiousness, and Economic Parallels
Craig Biddle January 17, 2018
People who immigrate to America from shithole countries to pursue the American dream are precisely the kind of people whom Americans ought to welcome.
Good Living, Philosophy
Craig Biddle Live: Meaning and Morality in a Godless Universe
Craig Biddle January 10, 2018
Religionists (and existentialists) claim that meaning and morality can’t exist in a godless, purposeless universe. They’re wrong. Here’s why.
Good Living, Philosophy
Don’t Thank Producers for “Giving Back”—Just Thank Them for Producing and Giving
Jake Hanley November 28, 2017
When producers give to charities, they are not “giving back.” They are simply giving—and they should be thanked accordingly.
Good Living, Philosophy, Reviews
Intelligent Disobedience, by Ira Chaleff
Craig Biddle November 25, 2017
Craig Biddle reviews Intelligent Disobedience: Doing Right When What You’re Told to Do Is Wrong, by Ira Chaleff
Philosophy, Politics & Rights
A Plea for Voluntaryism
Auberon Herbert November 24, 2017
Herbert completed this essay only a few days before he died in November 1906. He had intended to circulate the paper for signature by those “in agreement with its general spirit.”
Announcements, Philosophy
The Most Powerfully Life-Enhancing Conference of the Year
Craig Biddle November 11, 2017
You’re invited to The Objective Standard’s first annual summer conference—TOS-Con 2018: Philosophy for Freedom and Flourishing.
Announcements, Philosophy
Craig Biddle Live: Principles, Precision, and Context
Craig Biddle November 8, 2017
This week’s episode of Craig Biddle Live will address the importance of precision in formulating principles and of context in applying them.
Philosophy, Politics & Rights
Letter to the Editor on “Libertarianism vs. Radical Capitalism”
TOS Admin October 29, 2017
“Your critique of libertarianism . . . is, by far, the most effective and persuasive critique of libertarianism that I’ve ever encountered.”
Arts & Culture, Philosophy
Nobel Prize Awarded to Kazuo Ishiguro—Kindred Spirit of Balph Eubank (from Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged)
Jon Hersey October 10, 2017
Ishiguro “uncovered the abyss beneath our illusory sense of connection with the world”—just like a villain from Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged.