Ayn Rand’s Morality for Life, Liberty, and Happiness

with Craig Biddle

7.5 hours total | 5 sessions, beginning September 1, 2022

Ayn Rand’s Objectivist ethics is about how to think clearly, live fully, and defend freedom on solid ground. If these are your goals, this course is for you.

We will survey and integrate the basic principles of the Objectivist ethics with a special focus on the method Rand used to derive its principles from reality: objectivity. 

You will learn:

• Why ethics (or morality) is properly about living and loving life—not about suffering or sacrificing for others;
• The basic principles of the Objectivist ethics and how they are derived from reality by means of observation and logic;
• The roles of reason and emotion in human life and happiness, and why both are profoundly important; 
• The roles of purpose and self-esteem and how they integrate with reason and emotion;
• The irrationality and destructiveness of human sacrifice, whether sacrifice of self to others, or of others to self;
• The Objectivist virtues of rationality, productiveness, honesty, integrity, independence, justice, and pride—and how they can help you thrive;
• Why the initiation of physical force against human beings is profoundly immoral and properly illegal;
• Why laissez-faire capitalism is the only social system conducive to human life, liberty, and happiness; and
• How to communicate these truths clearly and persuasively to others. 

Join us for a deep dive into Ayn Rand’s morality for loving life and advancing liberty.

All sessions are recorded, so if you miss a session (or want to review), you can watch the recording at your convenience.

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