In all most traditional ethical theories, self interest is the target of morality, but it is the self interest of the better off, stronger
I, Charles from the Camps: A Novel is a 2018 dystopian novel by Joel D.
In the context of the history of ethics, this is not surprising. Business ethics is an applied discipline, and one would expect it to apply
In the foreword to The Moral Basis of Individualism—a book that Ayn Rand began writing for Bobbs-Merrill in 1943 but never finished—we find
On December 15, 1791, the United States Congress ratified the Bill of Rights, the first ten amendments to the Constitution guaranteeing indi
This four-part series by The Atlas Society Senior Scholar Stephen Hicks, Ph.D is a justification of capitalism and of Ayn Rand’s ethics of egoism in business.
In my last essay, I summarized some leading ideas of Auguste Comte, who coined the word “altruism” and defended the subordination of
This four-part series by The Atlas Society Senior Scholar Stephen Hicks, Ph.D is a justification of capitalism and of Ayn Rand’s ethics of..
A great many Republicans would be scared to death to recognize that altruism is the curse of the world and that as long as we go on
On December 5, 1933, Congress ratified the 21st Amendment and repealed Prohibition. While Ayn Rand personally rarely drank alcohol, she
In the fall of 1943, Warner Brothers paid Ayn Rand $50,000 for the movie rights to The Fountainhead and for Rand to write the screenplay...
We often think of entrepreneurs as larger-than-life characters. They take big risks. They make their own rules. They innovate and experiment
Ayn Rand recognized the important role music played in Western culture: “To the Western man, music is an intensely personal experience and
Ayn Rand had no love for war. In a journal entry from 1946 she recognized that war was the purest expression of statism and the antithesis
As the midterm elections come and go, it is a good time to remember that Ayn Rand defended limited government. She had concerns about just
A Venezuelan opposition socialist affirming that our tragedy is not the result of applying a revolutionary, contemporary socialist program
Gorillas are social animals that live in groups to help them survive. Males protect females and the offspring of the group. In a group of up
PBS announced the results of The Great American Read on October 23, 2018. Out of 100 novels, fans placed Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird.
I have a controversial opinion. The Harvard Business Review people aren’t going to like this, but professionals on teams need to stop saying
Fiction Under the Influence: Ayn Rand’s Literary Legacy
