Philosophy
Philosophy
Secular, Objective Morality: Look and See
Craig Biddle April 3, 2017
Objective morality comes not from revelation, faith, or divine commandments—but from observation, logic, and the laws of nature.
Philosophy
Dennis Prager’s Faith Meets Jihad in the Name of “God”
Craig Biddle March 22, 2017
As Dennis Prager again insists that if there is no God, anything goes, another jihadist commits mass murder in the name of God. The irony...
Philosophy, Politics & Rights
Enslaved by Altruism
Harry Binswanger March 18, 2017
Widespread outrage concerning the Ryan plan shows the extent to which Americans regard people’s needs as constituting rights.
Economics, Philosophy, Politics & Rights
Capitalism Because Science
Craig Biddle January 26, 2017
Examines capitalism and statism in the light of several sciences, and shows capitalism to be the only social system supported by science.
Ayn Rand & Objectivism, Philosophy
National Review’s MO Regarding Ayn Rand
Craig Biddle December 15, 2016
National Review again attacks and tries to mock Ayn Rand and Objectivism, and again fails to specify the alleged errors in her philosophy.
History, Philosophy, Politics & Rights
The Greeks and America’s Founding Fathers Part 2: Learning What Not to Do
Timothy Sandefur November 20, 2016
Focuses on ways in which America’s founders learned from the Greeks’ mistakes and sought to avoid them in constructing the land of liberty.
Education & Parenting, Philosophy
Bad Parenting, Bad Education, and the State of America
Craig Biddle November 2, 2016
Bad parenting and bad education have produced generations of ignorant collectivists. Hence the state of America today.
History, Philosophy, Politics & Rights
The Greeks and America’s Founding Fathers Part 1: The Greek Frame
Timothy Sandefur August 14, 2016
Part one of a three-part series examining ways in which ancient Greek philosophers and statesmen influenced the American founders.
History, Philosophy
The Roots of Capitalism and Statism in the West
Michael Dahlen August 14, 2016
Surveys the history of political freedom and force, from the dawn of reason in ancient Greece to the Dark Ages, the Renaissance, and so on, up to today.
Education & Parenting, Philosophy
Liberal Education and the Quest for Truth, Freedom, and Greatness
C. Bradley Thompson August 14, 2016
On the nature and importance of liberal education, the extent to which it has been jettisoned from American universities, and the values being lost.