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Articles
A Doctor Looks at Assisted Suicide — Todd Goldberg (3/1/1998)
A Short Course in Rule-breaking — David Kelley (2/1/1997)
Altruism and Capitalism — David Kelley (1/1/1994)
Better Never? — Sam Kazman (12/1/2003)
Beyond Good and Bad — Roger Donway (2/28/2002)
Choosing Life — David Kelley (12/23/2008)
Death by Environ-mentalism — Robert James Bidinotto (3/1/2004)
Dostoevsky, Nietzsche, and Ayn Rand's Moral Triad — Roger Donway (9/1/1999)
Es mas noble dar que crear? (in Spanish) — David Kelley (2/1/1998)
Generosity and Self-Interest — David Kelley (1/7/2005)
In Defense of Cowboy Capitalism — Roger Donway (7/1/2004)
Is High Self-Esteem Bad for You? — Robert Campbell Walter Foddis (8/1/2003)
Is it Nobler to Give than to Create? — David Kelley (2/1/1998)
Is Tolerance a Virtue? — David Kelley (2/1/1996)
Moral Tradition: Responsibility — David Ross (5/1/1998)
Objectivist Ethics in the Information-Age Economy — Nathaniel Branden (2/1/2001)
The Capitalist Ideal: The Moral Vision of Atlas Shrugged — David Kelley (3/23/2009)
The Message of Alexander Graham Bell — Roger Donway (3/31/2003)
The Moral Argument for the Death Penalty — Robert James Bidinotto (2/1/2000)
The Moral Tradition: Marriage — Roger Donway (11/1/1997)
The Moral Tradition: The Concept of Loyalty — Roger Donway (2/1/1998)
The Virtue of Pride — William Thomas (10/1/1999)
Why Art Became Ugly — Stephen Hicks (9/1/2004)
Why Did Kitty Genovese Die? — Christine Silk (4/1/1999)
Why Should One Act on Principle? — William Thomas (5/1/1999)
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Commentaries
Against Pacifism — Damon W. Root (11/7/2001)
American Heroism — William Thomas (10/15/2001)
Anti-globalism and Nihilism — William Thomas (7/25/2001)
April 15: A Day of Moral Shame — Edward Hudgins (4/14/2004)
Are the People of the Middle East Fit for Freedom? — Edward Hudgins (5/14/2004)
Cloning: Toward a New Conception of Humanity? — Patrick Stephens (4/1/2001)
Defining the Election of 2004 — Edward Hudgins (11/4/2004)
Destroying Embryos is not immoral — Patrick Stephens (4/3/2001)
Faith and Funding: What Is the Root of the Stem Cell Controversy? — Patrick Stephens (8/10/2001)
France's Killer Collectivism — Edward Hudgins (9/15/2003)
Goodwill Toward Men — Edward Hudgins (12/17/2004)
Honoring the Choice to Die — Michelle Marder Kamhi (4/1/2004)
Hope — David Kelley (1/1/1999)
How Price Gouging Laws Make Hurricanes Worse — Frank Bubb (10/4/2004)
Human Cloning is good for all of us — Patrick Stephens (4/3/2001)
Human Cloning: When is a person a person? — Patrick Stephens (12/4/2001)
Inadvertent Observations: Finding the barbarian — Edward Hudgins (2/7/2004)
John Q. in Canada — John Vincent (6/30/2002)
Markets or Morals? — Roger Donway (4/1/1999)
Markets or Morals? July/August 2000 — Roger Donway (7/1/2000)
Moral Wisdom in Manhattan — Shawn E. Klein (10/1/2002)
Morality and Politics — David Kelley (2/1/2001)
Op-Ed: Let's Make Earth Day A Religious Holiday — Robert James Bidinotto (4/15/2001)
Op-Ed: The Moral Necessity of Missile Defense — James S. Robbins (2/22/2001)
Scorsese's Aviator Reflects Randian Lessons — Edward Hudgins (1/18/2005)
Supply-Side Ethics — David Kelley (3/1/2001)
The Iliad and Islam — Edward Hudgins (6/24/2004)
The Moral Necessity of Missile Defense — James S. Robbins (3/1/2001)
The Morality of Money — William Thomas (6/30/2002)
The Problems with ''The Passion's'' Moral Message — Edward Hudgins (3/3/2004)
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Reviews
A Humanist Ethics of Pride — William Thomas (10/1/1999)
Hard America, Soft America: A New 'House Divided' — Frank Bubb (7/1/2004)
Helping Hands — Fred Groh (11/1/1998)
Libertarianism and Punishment — Eyal Mozes (12/1/1998)
Must Politics Rest on Morality? — Eyal Mozes (12/1/1998)
Postmodern Medicine — James Lee Brooks (5/1/2001)
Self-Help: Egotists and Egoists — Roger Donway (12/1/1999)
Superhero Me! A Review of "The Incredibles" — David Kelley (11/22/2004)
Taming the Animal Within — Damian Moskovitz (11/9/2001)
The Wrong Way to Rights — William Thomas (8/1/1997)
What is Morality Good For? — Will Wilkinson (7/1/2000)
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Excerpts
Excerpts from Greed (2/1/1998)
Introduction to Contested Legacy of Ayn Rand David Kelley(8/3/2006)
Introduction to Unrugged Individualism David Kelley()
The Best Work of the Best Minds Stephen Hicks(6/1/1994)
The Code of The Creator David Kelley(9/1/1993)
The Politics of Virtue David Kelley(9/1/1994)
Two Strains of Altruism David Kelley(10/1/1998)

News
A New Unrugged Individualism Announcing the publication of a revised edition of David Kelley's seminal tract Unrugged Individualism: The Selfish Basis of Benevolence.
A Slogan Is Born! Michael Milken was a greater benefactor to mankind than Mother Teresa.
Hudgins Debates a Subjectivist Edward Hudgins debates a subjectivist at The Institute for Humane Studies.
Las Vegas Conference on Values of Capitalism The Objectivist Center held its 2004 Spring Conference on April 17 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The theme was "Values of Capitalism." The scene was the sumptuous Treasure Island Hotel and Casino.
Soundings, November 1998 Taxi discounts limited, English versus American policing, Kantian morality and Christianity, Big Business: the persecuted minority.
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FAQs
Beauty and Moral Judgment -- 8/20/2009
Evasion and Error -- 7/28/2009
Homosexuality -- 1/5/2002
Production of Bads not Goods -- 10/30/2009
Suicide and Virtue -- 4/9/2009
Suicide, the Choice to Live, and Values -- 4/9/2009
Virtue of Selfishness -- 1/30/2002
What is the Objectivist Position in Morality (Ethics)? -- 3/15/2002
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Interviews
Fulfilling the Enlightenment (4/1/1998)

Letters
Letters (11/1/2004)
Letters: Family Values or Evil (Jan 1998) (1/1/1998)
Letters: Responsibility (September 1998) (9/1/1998)
Letters: The Moral Argument for the Death Penalty (Feb 2000) (2/1/2000)

Study Guides
Foundations Study Guide: Business Ethics Stephen Hicks()

Section Text
The Art of Living: Objectivism Applied to Living on Earth

Audio Clips
Choosing Life — David Kelley
What Are Our Spiritual Needs? — Nathaniel Branden

Event Page
Graduate Seminar 2007 Theme: moral knowledge. Syllabus available online! August 5-10 at the George Washington University in Washington, D.C. Free to students. (8/5/2007)

Reports from the Front
Al Franken is Responsible for Not Being Responsible. — Edward Hudgins (9/5/2003)
Black Like Me? — Edward Hudgins (3/19/2004)
Killing the Dead Draft — Edward Hudgins (10/27/2004)
Report from the Front: A Trial for Saddam Hussein — Edward Hudgins (12/17/2003)
Report from the Front: Cannes' Cultural Corruption — Edward Hudgins (5/19/2004)
Report from the Front: The Englishwoman and the Naughty School — Edward Hudgins (12/10/2003)
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