Showing posts with label Ayn Rand. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ayn Rand. Show all posts
Wednesday, September 18, 2024

Should Libertarians be Attempting to Influence Culture: A Discussion with Winton Bates and Chris Matthew Sciabarra (II)

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  As the graphic might suggest, the focus of the second edition of our collaborative efforts is Chris Matthew Sciabarra’s view of the role o...
Monday, June 17, 2024

Can discourse ethics help us to assess ideas about justice?

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This essay focuses mainly on the discourse ethics of Jürgen Habermas. Habermas, who will be 95 years old tomorrow, developed a theory of c...
Sunday, June 9, 2024

How different were the views of Hayek and Rand on the role of reason?

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  I think many people who have some knowledge of the views of Ayn Rand and Friedrich Hayek have the impression that they had vastly differen...
Sunday, December 31, 2023

How would you describe your philosophy?

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  I don’t think anyone has ever asked me the question posed above. When I tell people that I am an economist, some of them ask about my view...
Monday, December 18, 2023

Why am I thinking about selfishness during the season of goodwill?

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  The reason I am thinking about selfishness has to do with Ayn Rand. It has little to do with her attitude toward Christmas, but I was plea...
Saturday, December 9, 2023

Did Ayn Rand recognize the capacity to exercise practical wisdom as a basic good?

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  This question is of interest to me for two reasons. First, I am a fan of Ayn Rand’s novels. Second, in the first chapter of my book, Freed...