Tag Archives: Peter Schwartz

The Objectivist Conference (OCON) and Ideas for Living Life on Earth

Posted on June 11, 2017 by

In Ayn Rand’s novel Atlas Shrugged, the world’s hidden producers gathered for one month each summer and in part they traded the intellectual products that they had produced during the prior year. Similarly, Objectivists (those who study and apply Ayn … Continue reading →

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Book Discussion: In Defense of Selfishness by Peter Schwartz

Posted on July 26, 2015 by

For an upcoming book discussion, I drafted the following announcement: “Every civilized culture is shaped by some view of right and wrong…In ours it is the principle of altruism…Our society takes as a given the idea that pursuing your own … Continue reading →

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Question #3: Why Write about Libertarians and Gary Johnson?

Posted on August 8, 2012 by

So far, more than 40% of the posts to Selfish Citizenship have been tied to either Libertarians or Gary Johnson, so the following question is relevant: Why are you writing so much about Libertarians and Gary Johnson? There are two … Continue reading →

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