Objectivism

A philosophy whose truths do not rest on threats, whose motivation is not one of unearned guilt, and whose incentives are not fear.

The following pages offer highly recommended essays introducing the Philosophy of Reason and discussing many of its finer points:


Introducing Objectivism, by Ayn Rand:
http://www.aynrand.org/objectivism/io.html

The Essentials of Objectivism, from the Ayn Rand Institute:
http://www.aynrand.org/objectivism/essentials.html

The Philosophy of Objectivism: A Brief Summary, by Leonard Peikoff
http://www.aynrand.org/debate/pobs.shtml

The First Principles of Ayn Rand, by Tibor Machan:
http://www.dailyobjectivist.com/Extro/firstprinciples.asp

An Introduction to Objectivism: A videotaped lecture by Leonard Peikoff (requires RealAudio applet - best over T1 connections)
http://www.aynrand.org/objectivism/video_io.html

Questions and Answers, ed. by Harry Binswanger:
http://www.aynrand.org/objectivism/Q-A.html

Frequently Asked Questions, by Chris Walker:
http://home.nuclei.com/phil/obj-faq.html

ARI's Editorials on the nature of religion:
http://www.aynrand.org/religion/editorials.html

Ayn Rand's Philosophy of Objectivism: Overview page
http://www.adelaide.net.au/~legendre/obj.htm

Society Objectivism Philosophy: A Myriad of Objectivist Links
http://society.cbel.com/Objectivism_Philosophy/index.htm

The American Individualist: Joseph Kellard's Articles and Letters to the Editor:
http://www.theai.net

The Primacy of Existence:
http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~owl/rand2.html

The Objectivist Ring:
http://www.oocities.org/Athens/6234/index.html

Floating Abstractions and Stolen Concepts, by J. William Pierce
http://www.dreamscape.com/willp/phil/essays/Floating_vs_Stolen.html

Life As the Standard of Value, by Eyal Mozes:
http://www.oocities.org/Athens/Delphi/4082/sovi.html

Ayn Rand and the Metaphysics of Kant, by George Walsh:
http://enlightenment.supersaturated.com/objectivity/walsh1/walsh.html

Are Primacy of Existence and Primacy of Consciousness Exhaustive Metaphysics?
http://www.lawrence.edu/sorg/objectivism/poe.html

Ayn Rand vs. Plato: Two Philosophies a World Apart:
http://www.lawrence.edu/sorg/objectivism/plato.html

A Renaissance in Rand Scholarship by Chris Sciabarra:
http://www.nyu.edu/projects/sciabarra/essays/rprev.htm

Ayn Rand timeline and bibliography:
http://members.aol.com/TGoldberg/randbib.txt

Topical Index to Objectivist Print Material:
http://www.oocities.org/Athens/Olympus/7695/OBJINDEX.HTM

Online Objectivist Dictionary:
http://www.oocities.org/Athens/Olympus/7695/DICT.HTM

Enlightenment: Contemporary Essays in Objectivism:
http://enlightenment.supersaturated.com/essays/subjects/

Sense of Life Objectivists:
http://www.solohq.com/

The Autonomist:
http://usabig.com/autonomist/autonomist.html

Who's who in Objectivism:
http://objectivism.cx/people.html

See also my Objectivism Links on my main links page!

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