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Intellectual Founder

Leonard Peikoff

Author of Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand. Rand’s designated legal and literary heir. ARI's co-founder

ARI Writers And Speakers

Yaron Brook

Chairman of the Board, Ayn Rand Institute
Specialties
Business Ethics, Economic Policy, Financial Markets

Onkar Ghate

Chief Philosophy Officer and Senior Fellow, Ayn Rand Institute
Specialties
Ayn Rand Novels & Ideas, Education & Multiculturalism, Laissez Faire Capitalism

Elan Journo

Senior Fellow and Vice President, Content and Advanced Training, Ayn Rand Institute
Specialties
Arab Israeli Conflict, Ayn Rand’s ideas, Ethics In Foreign Policy

Keith Lockitch

Vice President of Education and Senior Fellow, Ayn Rand Institute
Specialties
Ayn Rand Novels & Ideas, Energy & Industrialization, Environmental Issues

Ben Bayer

Fellow and Director of Content, Ayn Rand Institute
Specialties
Ayn Rand Novels & Ideas, Epistemology, Free Will & Determinism

Aaron Smith

Instructor and Fellow, Ayn Rand Institute
Specialties
Ancient Greek Philosophy, Ayn Rand Novels & Ideas, Religion & Morality

Visiting Fellows, Associate Fellows, Archivists

Nikos Sotirakopoulos

Visiting Fellow, Ayn Rand Institute
Specialties
Environmentalism, Intellectual History, Intersection of Philosophy and Self-development

Mike Mazza

Associate Fellow, Ayn Rand Institute
Specialties
Epistemology, Objectivism, Philosophy of Science & Technology

Agustina Vergara Cid

Associate Fellow, Ayn Rand Institute
Specialties
Ayn Rand’s ideas, Immigration Policy, Latin American Politics

Sam Weaver

Associate Fellow, Ayn Rand Institute
Specialties
Ayn Rand’s ideas, Education, Literature

Robertas Bakula

Graduate Center Associate, Ayn Rand Institute
Specialties
Ayn Rand’s Ideas and Economics

Audra Hilse

Archivist, Ayn Rand Archives
Specialties
Archival Preservation, Ayn Rand Archives, Digital Preservation

Brandon Lisi

Associate Archivist, Ayn Rand Achives
Specialties
Ayn Rand Archives, Life and Work of Ayn Rand

Affiliate

Peter Schwartz

Distinguished Fellow, Ayn Rand Institute
Specialties
Egoism & Selfishness

Harry Binswanger

Former Member, Board of Directors, Ayn Rand Institute
Specialties
Ayn Rand, Epistemology, Logic

Robert Mayhew

Professor of Philosophy, Seton Hall University
Specialties
Ancient Philosophy, Aristotle, Atlas Shrugged

Tara Smith

Professor of Philosophy, University of Texas at Austin
Specialties
Egoism & Selfishness, Individual Rights, Morality & Ethics

Edwin A. Locke

Dean's Professor (Emeritus) of Leadership and Motivation, R.H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland
Specialties
Business Ethics, Business Management, Free Will

Jeff Britting

Former Physical and Analog Archivist, Ayn Rand Archives, Ayn Rand Institute
Specialties
Ayn Rand Biography, Impact Of Rand, Objectivist Esthetics

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THE PHILOSOPHY OF OBJECTIVISM

This course presents, in essential terms, the theoretical structure of Ayn Rand’s philosophy of Objectivism. Rand endorsed the course, attending every lecture and participating in many of the question periods.

Instructor
LEONARD PEIKOFF
Course Length
12 Lessons
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