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“Put the Independence Back in Independence Day,” By Michael S. Berliner

“Cultural Movements: Creating Change”

A three-lecture series from Objectivist Summer Conference 2008. Each lecture is approximately 90 minutes.

Yaron Brook on ARI’s Cultural Impact

Reason vs. Faith (Q-&-A excerpt series)

Full series available on YouTube. This question discusses the roles of reason and faith in Western civilization.

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Yaron Brook Radio Q-&-A on Objectivism.

Leonard Peikoff—Philosophical Q&As

Leonard Peikoff now podcasts through his Web site his answers to selected philosophical questions which he receives by e-mail. New podcasts are available every other Monday, and occasionally every Monday.

An Introduction to Objectivism

View streaming video of Leonard Peikoff’s 1995 lecture “An Introduction to Objectivism."

The Ayn Rand Multimedia Library

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Essay Contests

ARI awards $81,250 in prize money each year to the winners of its essay contests. The following contests are available:

• Atlas Shrugged

  For College Students and graduating high school seniors Entry deadline: Sept. 17, 2008

• The Fountainhead

  For 11th & 12th graders

• Anthem

  For 8th, 9th & 10th graders

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July 3–11, 2009

Objectivist Summer Conference 2009
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• The Atlas Shrugged Initiative
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• Ayn Rand Center Initiative

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The Ayn Rand Bookstore

Product Spotlight

Ayn Rand’s Normative Ethics: The Virtuous Egoist

Ayn Rand is well known for advocating egoism, but the substance of that instruction is rarely understood. Far from representing the rejection of morality, selfishness, in Rand’s view, actually demands the practice of a systematic code of ethics. This book explains the fundamental virtues that Rand considers vital for a person to achieve their objective well-being: rationality, honesty, independence, justice, integrity, productiveness, and pride. Tracing Rand’s account of the value and harmony of human beings’ rational interests, Smith examines what each of these virtues consists of, why it is a virtue, and what it demands of people in practice. Along the way she addresses the status of several conventional virtues within Rand’s theory, considering traits such as kindness, charity, generosity, temperance, courage, forgiveness, and humility. Ayn Rand’s Normative Ethics thus offers an in-depth exploration of several specific virtues and an illuminating integration of these with the broader theory of egoism . . .  more

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