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The Major Virtues: Integrity

Value’ is that which one acts to gain and keep,” wrote Ayn Rand, “’virtue’ is the action by which one gains and keeps it.” This six-session

Apr 11, 2013
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2 Mins
The Major Virtues: Rationality and Honesty

Value’ is that which one acts to gain and keep,” wrote Ayn Rand , “’virtue’ is the action by which one gains and keeps it.” This .....

Apr 6, 2013
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2 Mins
The Major Virtues: Productiveness

Summer 2010 -- “’Value’ is that which one acts to gain and keep,” wrote Ayn Rand, “’virtue’ is the action by which one gains and keeps it.”

Apr 6, 2013
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2 Mins
The Major Virtues: Justice and Benevolence

Value’ is that which one acts to gain and keep,” wrote Ayn Rand, “’virtue’ is the action by which one gains and keeps it.” This six-session

Mar 12, 2013
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2 Mins
The Major Virtues: Pride

Value’ is that which one acts to gain and keep,” wrote Ayn Rand, “’virtue’ is the action by which one gains and keeps it.” This six-session

Mar 12, 2013
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2 Mins
The Perception of Causality (Part 2)

Our knowledge of the world, and our ability to act in it, depends on our grasp of causal relationships among things—the ways they act and...

Feb 21, 2013
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David Kelley Ph.D
2 Mins
The Perception of Causality (Part 1)

Our knowledge of the world, and our ability to act in it, depends on our grasp of causal relationships among things—the ways they act and in

Feb 19, 2013
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David Kelley Ph.D
2 Mins
Truth and Toleration Twenty Years Later

In this presentation David Kelley surveys the history and current state of the Objectivist movement. Truth and Toleration was a monograph...

Feb 13, 2013
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2 Mins
Objectivism, Public Policy, and Entrepreneurship

In this talk, delivered at the 2012 Atlas Summit, Professor Stephen Hicks presents an Objectivist perspective on entrepreneurship and

Dec 19, 2012
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Stephen Hicks Ph.D.
2 Mins
The Problem With "Selfishness"

Atlas Summit 2012 -- In her book, The Virtue of Selfishness, Ayn Rand exhorted readers to put the word "selfishness" to its true and proper

Dec 13, 2012
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Marsha Enright
1 Min
Yes, Mr. President, Ayn Rand Is for Teens -- and Everyone Else

Ayn Rand is one of those things that a lot of us, when we were 17 or 18 and feeling misunderstood, we’d pick up. Then, as we get older, we..

Oct 26, 2012
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Alexander R. Cohen
4 Mins
Book Review: "Ayn Rand Nation" by Gary Weiss

I recently debated Gary Weiss, the author of the new book Ayn Rand Nation , at the New York Financial Writers’ Association. Weiss invited

Apr 23, 2012
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Victor Sperandeo
6 Mins
Ayn Rand Through Two Lenses

How do you like your Objectivism? Liberal: freshly phrased (but loosely represented), full of new connections, etc?

Jan 25, 2012
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10 mins
Academic Interpretations of Ayn Rand

Objectivists have long hoped to see a high-quality academic journal focusing on Objectivism. Last month's publication of The Journal of Ayn

Jan 25, 2012
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10 Mins
Why Man Needs Art

Art is widely thought of as indefinable, inherently subjective, and disconnected from any practical need or concern. Many modern thinkers

Jan 25, 2012
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David Kelley Ph.D
7 Mins
Independence in an Inter-connected world

Independence in an Interconnected World from The Atlas Society on Vimeo . Is it possible to live independently in an interdependent...

Nov 20, 2011
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2 Mins
Completing Rand's Literary Theory

Ayn Rand was that most delightful of philosophers—the philosopher who proposes large and interesting theories, and allows them to remain...

Sep 28, 2011
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Stephen Cox
10 Mins
Pride: Living as a Self-Made Soul

In this webinar, recorded on June 29, 2011, William R Thomas discusses pride as "the first and last of the virtues." Pride connects

Aug 29, 2011
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2 Mins
Presentaciones en Espanol

William R Thomas participated in the international workshop on "Successful Public Politices for Latin America," organized in Bogotá...

Aug 26, 2011
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2 Mins
Integrity: Living as a Whole Person

Are you true to your values and your world-view? Integrity is the virtue of acting consistently for the sake of long-range values....

May 16, 2011
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2 Mins

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