The personal versus the political. Rand held that politics was an extension of morality. “The answers given by ethics determine how man sho...

"Metaphysical" = a) used by Rand to provide pseudo-intellectual gravitas to otherwise completely banal statements eg "By norm...

Neil Parille takes a further look at just how "unprecedented" Rand's ideas really are: In my previous posts Part 1 and 2 , I ...

In comments , novelist Michael Prescott offers a quick fix for the proposed "Atlas Shrugged" movie: Since it sounds like they...

The Atlasphere carries an interview with the proposed "Atlas Shrugged" movie's Executive Producer John Aglialoro. Aglialoro, ...

Economist Paul Krugman provides an argument for the moral basis of capitalism that at first blush might remind one of Ayn Rand's. But i...

Distinguishing selfishness from altruism. Both from common experience and psychological research we know that human beings, generally spea...

Neil Parille follows up on his previous post concerning Ayn Rand’s view of human nature by looking at parallels with other social and poli...

The latest confidential techniques in spreading the message of Objectivism are apparently too double-plus secret to be revealed to the gener...

Game Developer Ken Levine 's hit Bioshock was developed, he says, due to his fascination with "utopian civilizations" and hi...

aThe Ayn Rand Institute directs us to a delightful tale of ordinary folks: "Facets of Ayn Rand" The offical Ayn Rand Idolatory Pro...

Limitations of rational ethics. Rand set out to formulate a rational ethics. As I noted in my last Rand’s Ethics Post, Rand does not evin...

The Objectivist Ethics (p17-18): "The pleasure-pain mechanism in the body of man - and in the bodies of all living organisms that posse...

Guest poster Neil Parille from Objectiblog wonders just how original the key elements of Rand's philosophy are: One of the appeals of O...

Wilco channel Tom Verlaine in probably the best song on their "Sky Blue Sky" album. They're touring my way soon, can't wai...

In comments one of our many Anons contributes some additional links ( here , and here ) to our extensive Founders coverage . Unpaid taxes ...

Rational Ethics. Rand is not the only philosopher to attempt the formulation of a rational ethics. Starting with Socrates, many philosopher...

Continuing our para by para examination of Rand's "The Ethics of Emergencies"(Part 1 here ): By elevating the issue of helpin...

The Ayn Rand Institute's Harry Binswanger , he also of the HBL , drops by the ARCHNblog to comment on "anti-concepts", and e...

A few weeks ago more news of the quasi-Randian Founders College's ongoing woes surfaced; at the time the ARCHNblog fearlessly resisted ...