All Posts Tagged With: "Ayn Rand"
One Freedom
Russell Madden is a communications instructor at Mt. Mercy College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. “A man was either free or not free. . . . Freedom was indivisible. . . . To talk of ‘several freedoms’ is to use the language of Europe, not of America; it is an abandonment of the basic principle on [...]
1Jan1998 | Russell Madden | 0 comments | ContinuedWho Said What About Liberty? (a quiz)
The literature of liberty offers double pleasure. You can often enjoy both dynamic ideas and great eloquence. Just for fun, see if you can match the following unforgettable quotations with their authors. The quotations are representative views of many of the greatest thinkers in the history of liberty: A. Lord Acton B. Benjamin Franklin C. [...]
1Jul1997 | FEE Admin | 1 comment | ContinuedStar Trek and Collectivism: The Case of the Borg
Dr. Yates is adjunct research fellow with the Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty and the author of Civil Wrongs: What Went Wrong With Affirmative Action (San Francisco: ICS Press, 1994). Star Trek is easily the most popular science fiction epic of all time. Over the past three decades, the saga has [...]
1Apr1997 | Steven Yates | 4 comments | ContinuedPerspectives on Capitalism and Freedom
Dr. Younkins is professor of accountancy and business administration at Wheeling Jesuit University, Wheeling, West Virginia. Capitalism and freedom are inseparable. In our society we believe that human beings, merely by virtue of being human, possess the capacity to exercise freedom and the right to do so. Each person should be free to own property, [...]
1Dec1996 | Edward W. Younkins | 0 comments | ContinuedAyn Rand: The Russian Radical
Mr. Brown is a freelance writer. Much to my surprise the author of Ayn Rand: The Russian Radical, a comprehensive new study of Rand’s thought and its genesis in Russian culture, has persuaded me that something called “dialectics” is integral to Ayn Rand’s philosophic approach and crucial to its success. Russian Radical is a different [...]
1Mar1996 | David M. Brown | 0 comments | Continued-
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