The Ayn Rand Center for Individual Rights

In this talk, delivered at Oxford University on January 20, Yaron Brook defends professional investing as a profoundly moral profession.

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Yaron Brook discusses why the commercialization of Christmas is good. (Pajamas TV Interview; 8 min.)

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Onkar Ghate on the ideas of America’s founders, and the influence of Hobbes, Rousseau, and Locke on the American system of government. (Pajamas TV interview; 8 min.)

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In this interview from the “Taking Back America” podcast, Onkar Ghate offers an overview of Ayn Rand’s philosophy, the importance of the self, and philosophical reasons for today’s erosion of freedom. (Podcast interview; 31 min.)

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Peter Schwartz discusses what children should be taught about sharing.  This is an excerpt from the Q-&-A session of “The Virtue of Selfishness: Why Achieving Your Happiness Is Your Highest Moral Purpose,” an ARC Lecture Series talk delivered by Mr. Schwartz on February 4, 2005.

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From 1995 to 1999, Leonard Peikoff hosted a radio talk show. This is a recording of the premier broadcast of The Leonard Peikoff Show, from November 12, 1995. New recordings will be posted periodically.

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Yaron Brook discusses the difference between sacrifice and trade.  Excerpted from the Q&A of the lecture “Capitalism without Guilt,” given at UC Davis on November 25, 2008.

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Peter Schwartz discusses whether charity can be considered virtuous, if it is satisfying to the giver. This is an excerpt from the Q-&-A session of “The Virtue of Selfishness: Why Achieving Your Happiness Is Your Highest Moral Purpose,” an ARC Lecture Series talk delivered by Mr. Schwartz on February 4, 2005.

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Yaron Brook discusses the moral roots of socialized medicine, and why a morality of self-interest will lead to better policies. The failure of U.S. policy towards Iran is also examined. (Pajamas TV interview; 19 min.)

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Are values an objective necessity—or merely a dispensable social convention? Ayn Rand’s presentation of her revolutionary morality. (This is a shortened version of her published essay.)

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