Philosophy
An American Holiday: The Moral Meaning Behind Thanksgiving
Debi Ghate | 22 November 2010
We're taught that Thanksgiving came about when pilgrims gave thanks to God for a bountiful harvest. We casually think about how lucky we are and how much better our lives are than, say, those in Bangladesh. But surely there is something more to celebrate, something more sacred about this holiday.
We're taught that Thanksgiving came about when pilgrims gave thanks to God for a bountiful harvest. We casually think about how lucky we are and how much better our lives are than, say, those in Bangladesh. But surely there is something more to celebrate, something more sacred about this holiday.
Jefferson vs. Plato
Edward Cline | 7 January 2009Jefferson was "Aristotelian" in his politics, but not in his morality.
Capitalism and the Moral High Ground
Craig Biddle | 8 December 2008Those who wish to defend capitalism must acknowledge and embrace the fact that the selfishness-enabling characteristic of capitalism is what makes it the only moral social system on earth.
Reason or Faith: The Republican Alternative
John Lewis | 8 December 2008The reason for the Republicans' defeat is this simple fact: Over the past fifty years, they have ceased to be Republican in anything other than name. For two generations, Republican leaders have abandoned reason, individual rights, and freedom--the founding values of the American republic--in favor of religion, tradition, and "family values."
This Valentine's Day Celebrate The True Meaning of Love
Gary Hull | 7 February 2008Love, we are repeatedly taught, consists of self-sacrifice. Love based on self-interest, we are admonished, is cheap and sordid. True love, we are told, is altruistic. But is it?
Moral Values Without Religion
Peter Schwartz | 25 December 2006The alternative to the dogmatism of the religious right and the emotionalism of the egalitarian left is a code of moral absolutes based on reason and individualism.
The Battle of Our Era
Harry Binswanger | 9 October 2006We are engaged in a vast battle to defend scientific, industrial civilization against irrationalism.
Altruism: The Morality of Suffering and Death (Exhibit 347R: Organ Donation)
Craig Biddle | 2 August 2006Because of the widespread acceptance of altruism in America, "it is against the law to receive money or anything of value in exchange for an organ, a principle set down in 1984 by the National Organ Transplantation Act."
Altruism: The Morality of Logical Fallacies
Craig Biddle | 5 June 2006Altruism holds that being moral consists in self-sacrificially serving others. Despite its self-destructive nature, altruism is accepted to some extent by almost everyone today. Of course, no one upholds it consistently--at least not for long. Rather, most people accept it as true--and then cheat on it.
Introducing The Objective Standard
Craig Biddle | 25 February 2006Craig Biddle outlines the philosophy underlying his new journal of politics and culture.
Dollars and Crosses
- Jane Orient on Quitting Medicare
- Ayn Rand’s Essay “To Whom It May Concern” Now Online
- Uses and Sources of Gold
- New Book: How to be Profitable and Moral: A Rational Egoist Approach to Business
- Democracy and Self Determination of Peoples: Euphenisms for Mob Rule in the Middle East
- Private Schools for the Poor
- Holleran on Anti-Hero Worship
- Salsman on the Anti-Capitalist Conservatives
- New Website: Checking Premises
- Job Creators: Who Do those Immigrants Think They Are?
