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Explore Ayn Rand’s moral and philosophic case for capitalism, the social system based on individual rights, and how to defend it on solid ground.

OSI advanced its mission—and your values—beautifully in 2024. Here are some highlights of our projects and programs throughout the year.

Learn the moral code that helps you think clearly, live happily, and defend liberty.

Enhance your love of literature by viewing it through a philosophic lens.

Keep your loved one’s legacy alive with an OSI Memorial Fund. If a loved one or someone you admire has passed away, you can honor him or her through a tax-deductible...

The program for LevelUp 2025 has been posted—and it’s all about living fully, loving life, and advancing liberty.

Learn the moral code that helps you think clearly, live happily, and defend liberty. Many believe morality comes from God through revelation, and is thus objective. Others believe morality is...

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

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

Why staying consistently moral leads to flourishing while compromising values or destroying them results in a life devoid of meaning.

Fortify your understanding of Ayn Rand’s “philosophy for living” by grounding its key principles in perceptual reality through focused discussions of Leonard Peikoff’s course “Understanding Objectivism.”

Deepen your understanding of principles for thinking clearly and living fully by critically examining Ayn Rand’s Philosophy: Who Needs It. What is the nature of the world in which we...