Craig Biddle

Craig is cofounder and executive director of Objective Standard Institute, as well as cofounder and editor in chief of The Objective Standard. His books include Loving Life: The Morality of Self-Interest and the Facts that Support It; and Rational Egoism: The Morality for Human Flourishing; and the forthcoming Forbidden Facts: Moral Truths Your Parents, Preachers, and Teachers Don’t Want You to Know. He is also currently working on a book about thinking in principles. Learn more and join his mailing list at CraigBiddle.com.

Hiding in Plain Sight: The Unity of the Holidays and OSI

by Craig BiddlePhilosophy

Dec 18, 2024

The three big holidays form the season of reason—a meaningful representation of the virtuous cycle of life.

Craig Biddle: Logic and Love – The Harmony of Happiness

by Craig BiddlePhilosophy

Dec 5, 2024

What does it mean to love life? Are love and logic intertwined?

Craig Biddle and Stephen Hicks Debate: Is Objectivism a “Closed System” or an “Open System”?

by Craig BiddlePhilosophy

Dec 3, 2024

Is Objectivism just the ideas Rand discovered in her lifetime or is it open to being altered by others?

ITEC: Objective Standards for Nonfiction Writing

by Craig BiddleBusiness & Finance

Nov 6, 2024

If you want to write powerfully, embrace objective standards. Over my thirty years of writing and editing, I’ve developed a set I call ITEC.

Objectivism and Leadership

by Craig BiddlePhilosophy

Oct 21, 2024

Here’s a wide-ranging conversation I had with the good people at the Institute for Leadership Training, in Brazil.

On the Relationship of Logical and Conceptual Fallacies

by Craig BiddlePhilosophy

Oct 17, 2024

I elaborate on the similarities and differences between logical and conceptual fallacies.

Loving Your Life: A Framework for Flourishing

by Craig BiddlePhilosophy

Oct 17, 2024

Here’s the video of a talk I gave at LevelUp 2024. I’ll share the accompanying slides below—along with two extra slides I prepared but didn’t use

Conceptual Fallacies and How to Avoid Them

by Craig BiddlePhilosophy

Oct 3, 2024

Logical fallacies are not the only errors that retard thinking.

Alex O’Connor’s Red-Herring Thought Experiment vs. Facts that Support Morality

by Craig BiddlePhilosophy

Sep 4, 2024

I elaborate on why Alex’s human-altering thought experiments are counterproductive in trying to understand morality.

Understanding Religion and Rights

by Craig BiddlePhilosophy

Aug 29, 2024

My latest episode of Under Standing is on religion and rights: what’s the connection?

Is Morality Objective? Responding to YOUR Questions

by Craig BiddlePhilosophy

Aug 21, 2024

In my latest episode of Under Standing, I address several good questions (plus a priceless one!) about my LevelUp debate with Alex O’Connor.

Is Morality Objective or Subjective?

by Craig BiddlePhilosophy

Aug 8, 2024

Here’s my debate with Alex O’Connor on whether morality is objective or subjective. I hope you enjoy it—and I’d love to hear your thoughts.