Objectivism: Ayn Rand’s Philosophy for Living and Loving Life

by Craig Biddle, Alan Germani, Michael LaFerrara

Objectivism: Ayn Rand’s Philosophy for Living and Loving Life is a compilation of twenty-nine essays and articles culled from The Objective Standard and TOS Blog. The ebook provides a unique survey of Ayn Rand’s ideas, showing how they are grounded in perceptual reality and how they provide life-serving guidance for thought and action across the entire spectrum of human concerns, from personal to social to political.

309 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 28, 2016

About the author

Craig Biddle writes and lectures on philosophical and political issues from an Objectivist perspective, Objectivism being the philosophy created by Ayn Rand. Craig also edits The Objective Standard, a quarterly journal of culture and politics. His first book, Loving Life: The Morality of Self-Interest and the Facts that Support It, is a highly concretized, systematic introduction to Ayn Rand's ethics.

The book in progress is an introduction to the principles of good thinking and the fallacies that are violations of those principles. He has lectured and taught seminars at universities across the country, including Stanford, Duke, Tufts, UVA, UCLA, UM–Wisconsin, and NYU. Also lecture regularly at Objectivist conferences.

For a brief elaboration on the nature of Objectivism, see my essay “Introducing The Objective Standard” or Leonard Peikoff’s essay “The Philosophy of Objectivism: A Brief Summary.” To learn more about the philosophy, I suggest beginning with Ayn Rand’s novel Atlas Shrugged.

Reviews

[Raghu]

Too much intense and conflicting information where she makes us believe right in one chapter ends up denying the same in other

[Dwayne Roberts]

Excellent analyses. A bit repetitive, especially in the blog posts. Craig Biddle et al do a great job explaining and defending the philosophy.