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Articles
Ayn Rand's Philosophical Stunt Novel, by William Thomas — Will Thomas (10/19/2007)
Choose or Lose — William Thomas (9/16/2009)
Debate: Abortion — William Thomas (3/1/1999)
Decoding the Credit Crisis — William Thomas (3/18/2009)
Freedom . . . Achievement . . . Individualism . . . Reason—Objectivism — William Thomas (11/29/2005)
Individual Rights: The Objectivist View — William Thomas (7/6/2009)
Objectivity as a Weapon — William Thomas (5/31/2003)
Sidebar: A Harmony of Interests — William Thomas (7/6/2009)
Sidebar: Freedom of Religion and Freedom to Value — William Thomas (9/16/2009)
TAS vs. ARI: A Question of Objectivity and Independence — William Thomas (12/10/2002)
The Productive Genius of Johann Sebastian Bach — William Thomas (3/31/2003)
The Virtue of Pride — William Thomas (10/1/1999)
Why Should One Act on Principle? — William Thomas (5/1/1999)
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Commentaries
American Heroism — William Thomas (10/15/2001)
American World Conquest? It's More Likely Than You Think — William Thomas (10/21/2003)
Anti-globalism and Nihilism — William Thomas (7/25/2001)
Enron: It's OUR Problem — William Thomas (2/27/2002)
Enron's Lessons for Capitalism — William Thomas (3/21/2002)
Free Minds and Free Militaries — William Thomas (3/31/2003)
On Trading Security for Liberty — William Thomas (10/16/2001)
Reflections on the Journalists' War Chatter — William Thomas (4/5/2003)
Security and Liberty — William Thomas (10/12/2001)
The Charms and Enchantments of Fantasy — William Thomas (8/1/2003)
The Cipro Looters — William Thomas (11/12/2001)
The Morality of Money — William Thomas (6/30/2002)
Weighing War: How to Think About Iraq and North Korea — William Thomas (4/1/2003)
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Reviews
Atlas Seen through Many Eyes (Edward Younkins, ed., Ayn Rand's "Atlas Shrugged," reviewed by William Thomas) — William Thomas (8/5/2008)
A Humanist Ethics of Pride — William Thomas (10/1/1999)
A Philosopher Reads Fiction — William Thomas (5/1/2000)
A Romantic Manifesto — William Thomas (5/1/2004)
Academic Interpretations of Ayn Rand — William Thomas (11/1/1999)
Ayn Rand Through Two Lenses — William Thomas (4/1/2000)
First Greenspan Biography Is Fun, But Not Definitive — William Thomas (12/1/2000)
Gladstein Surveys Rand and Atlas — William Thomas (12/1/2000)
Gladstein's New Companion Is a Charming Resource — William Thomas (12/1/1999)
The Beacon at Alexandria, By Gillian Bradshaw — William Thomas (12/1/1997)
The Roots of the West — William Thomas (12/1/2001)
The Wrong Way to Rights — William Thomas (8/1/1997)
Top Fantasy Series — William Thomas (8/1/2003)
What Hath Man Wrought! — William Thomas (4/1/2004)
Why Ecology Requires Economics — William Thomas (5/1/2005)
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Why Man Needs Art William Thomas(8/1/1999)

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Abortion -- 5/30/2002
Agnosticism and the Unknown -- 12/15/2004
Agnosticism and the Unknown: Round Two -- 12/15/2004
Altruism - Does being your brother's keeper cause strife? -- 1/29/2009
Altruism - Who Coined the Term? -- 4/22/2002
Animal Rights -- 5/15/2001
Atheism - Pascal's Wager -- 5/3/2005
Axioms and the A-Priori -- 11/24/2002
Beauty and Moral Judgment -- 8/20/2009
Capital Punishment -- 2/7/2002
Charity -- 7/19/2002
Charity for 2004 tsunami victims -- 1/3/2005
Chastity before marriage -- 12/18/2008
Children's Rights -- 4/4/2002
China, America, and the Future of Liberty -- 11/17/2009
Concepts of Imaginary Existents -- 2/9/2004
Criticisms of Objectivism -- 9/22/2002
Dating non-Objectivists -- 8/29/2003
Death -- 3/16/2004
Deism -- 7/19/2007
Determinism in The Fountainhead? -- 2/17/2009
Disability -- 3/23/2005
Dreaming -- 1/17/2003
Education for the Poor -- 11/10/2003
Egotism and Selfishness -- 6/5/2003
Eldercare, Nursing Homes, Hospice -- 11/10/2002
Emotions, Brain Chemistry and Mental Disorders -- 6/23/2003
Escapism -- 8/29/2003
European statism and US foreign policy -- 7/21/2003
Evasion and Error -- 7/28/2009
False Beliefs and Practical Guidance -- 12/12/2008
Feminism and Objectivism -- 4/26/2005
Financial Security in a Free Market Society? -- 3/13/2009
Free State Project -- 11/26/2003
Free Trade and the Poor -- 11/20/2008
Free Will and Causality -- 7/15/2002
Free Will and Determinism -- 1/29/2003
Freedom of Speech -- 12/1/2003
Game Theory and Objectivism -- 1/7/2002
Gay Marriage -- 3/15/2004
Government Jobs for Objectivists -- 7/28/2006
Happiness and Cruelty or Help -- 7/22/2005
Harmony or Conflicts of Interests? -- 12/5/2008
Hedonism -- 12/14/2005
How Objectivists Respond to Religionists -- 3/17/2002
Humanism vs Objectivism -- 1/4/2002
Immortality and Value -- 2/11/2003
Independence - What if they say you are wrong? -- 2/4/2009
Inductive Reasoning in Philosophy -- 6/7/2003
Information disclosure under Laissez-faire -- 4/29/2004
Inheritance -- 10/20/2002
Initiating Force -- 10/7/2002
Insider Trading -- 4/12/2005
Justice and Gossip -- 4/19/2002
Laissez-faire Capitalism and Workers' Rights -- 8/29/2003
Law Vs. Personal Principles -- 9/17/2002
Legal aid and public defenders -- 6/8/2003
Liberalism vs. Objectivism -- 1/8/2009
Libertarianism - Is Thomas fair to Schwartz and Peikoff? -- 12/27/2002
Libertarianism and Objectivism -- 1/11/2002
Life and Objectivism/Love and trade -- 7/16/2003
Logic and a Paradox -- 2/22/2002
Love and Self-sacrifice -- 4/19/2002
Marxism vs. Objectivism -- 5/19/2003
Military Operations in a Free Society -- 3/16/2004
Military Service and Liberty -- 5/13/2001
Mises and Rand -- 10/21/2003
Morality and Legality -- 4/9/2002
Multiculturalism -- 4/23/2002
National Sales Tax -- 2/6/2004
Nationalism: will it help a country thrive? -- 4/17/2009
Natural Rights -- 3/23/2005
Nature and wilderness - To heck with them? -- 2/12/2009
Needy Children -- 2/9/2003
Objectivism - Is it limited to Ayn Rand's views? -- 8/29/2003
Objectivism - Why doesn't everyone agree with it? -- 7/19/2007
Objectivism and Individualism -- 2/7/2002
Organized Government -- 2/19/2002
Outsourcing -- 12/15/2004
Parapsychology -- 7/24/2003
Parental Obligations -- 1/30/2002
Philosophy Scholarship and Rand -- 3/23/2005
Philosophy-Does everybody have one? -- 10/13/2006
Polygamy -- 7/23/2003
Pornography -- 8/29/2003
Poverty and Disabilities -- 12/5/2002
Poverty, Capitalism, and Class -- 6/19/2009
Pre-emptive strikes and Iraq -- 10/10/2002
Prisoner's Dilemma-Game theory and self-interest -- 7/16/2003
Problems with Subjective Arguments for Statism -- 9/2/2002
Production of Bads not Goods -- 10/30/2009
Progressivism and Objectivism -- 7/23/2002
Property rights and Native Americans -- 4/12/2005
Public Defense in the Criminal Justice System -- 1/25/2005
Pyramid of ability and individual moral worth -- 7/16/2003
Quasi-Objectivist? -- 8/28/2002
Reason vs Authority -- 7/15/2003
Relationships and Fidelity -- 6/22/2005
Reparations for Native Americans and descendants of slaves -- 9/16/2002
Reparations for Slavery and Social Discrimination -- 3/3/2005
Reproduction the ultimate value? -- 9/23/2002
Right to Bear Arms -- 1/7/2002
Rights and Self-Interest -- 4/27/2001
Scholarship and Ayn Rand's Writing -- 6/7/2003
Selfish in Objectivese -- 9/17/2002
Selfishness -- 12/13/2002
Sense Perception -- 3/4/2003
Smoking -- 8/14/2003
Social safety nets - Is it wrong to join them? -- 1/15/2009
Social Security -- 4/26/2005
Society then and now - The Objectivist view -- 1/23/2009
Sociobiology and Altruism -- 4/8/2002
Spiritual Values -- 12/15/2004
Sports, Teams, and Collectivism -- 2/9/2004
Suicide -- 2/6/2004
Suicide - Should it be a crime? -- 1/2/2009
Suicide and Virtue -- 4/9/2009
Suicide, the Choice to Live, and Values -- 4/9/2009
Terrorist detainees and Iraq War -- 5/20/2003
Thomas Paine's Influence on Ayn Rand -- 4/18/2002
Transhumanism: How does it relate to Objectivism? -- 3/25/2009
Unemployment & free labor markets -- 2/9/2004
Validity of Objectivism -- 1/30/2002
Value and ownership -- 11/11/2002
Value of less intelligent people -- 6/24/2003
Victimless Crimes -- 12/8/2005
Wealth: Is it Enough? -- 5/22/2002
What does Objectivism Consider to be Art (Aesthetics)? -- 3/15/2002
What is Objectivism? -- 2/8/2002
What is Philosophy? -- 2/8/2002
What is the Objectivist Position in Morality (Ethics)? -- 3/15/2002
What is the Objectivist Theory of Knowledge (Epistemology)? -- 3/15/2002
What Is the Objectivist View of Free Will? -- 12/1/2003
What is the Objectivist View of Law and Government (Politics)? -- 3/15/2002
What is the Objectivist View of Reality (Metaphysics)? -- 3/15/2002
Why Does Anyone Need a Philosophy? -- 2/8/2002
Why is Objectivism a System of Ideas? -- 2/8/2002
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