The Objective Standard
TOS Admin, Maddox Locher, Thomas F. Walker, Angelica Werth, Craig Biddle, Timothy SandefurThe Objective Standard is the source for commentary from an Objectivist perspective.
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The Objective Standard (TOS) is the preeminent source for commentary from an Objectivist perspective, Objectivism being Ayn Rand’s philosophy of reason, egoism, and capitalism.
Ex-Christian sharing his journey from religion to rational philosophy.
I am a writer, editor, speaker, and instructor on rational philosophy and personal development.
As a lifelong bookworm, student of philosophy, and writer of nonfiction, I decided to combine my interests and write about the philosophic ideas present in the fiction I'm reading.
Author of Loving Life, Rational Egoism, and hundreds of essays; host of the Under Standing podcast; executive director of Objective Standard Institute; editor in chief of The Objective Standard (journal)
Vice president for litigation at the Goldwater Institute and an adjunct scholar at the Cato Institute
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