Ayn Rand / by Gladstein, Mimi Reisel

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Ayn Rand : an Introduction. by Butler, Eamonn

Table of Contents: “…Rand on reality and knowledgeRand on morality; Rand on politics; Rand on capitalism; Rand on art and literature; Rand's fiction; Ayn Rand's legacy; 13 Quotations by and about Rand; On herself; On reality and knowledge; On ethics; On altruism; On politics and economics; On heroism; Quotations about Rand; 14 Further reading; How to read Ayn Rand; Short guides to Rand; Rand's main fiction; Rand's main non-fiction; Posthumous collections; Rand in her own words; Books on Rand; About the IEA; Blank Page.…”
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A Companion to Ayn Rand /

Table of Contents: “…Lennox 14 Ayn Rand's Evolving View of Friedrich Nietzsche 343 Lester H.…”
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On Nabokov, Ayn Rand and the libertarian mind : what the Russian-American odd pair can tell us about some values, myths and manias widely held most dear / by Bell-Villada, Gene H., 1941-

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Essays on Ayn Rand's We the living /

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Goddess of the Market : Ayn Rand and the American Right. by Burns, Jennifer

Table of Contents: “…Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Introduction; PART I: THE EDUCATION OF AYN RAND, 1905 -- 1943; 1. From Russia to Roosevelt; 2. …”
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A critique of Ayn Rand's philosophy of religion : the gospel according to John Galt / by Byrd, Dustin

Table of Contents: “…-- The question of fascism -- Pope Francis and Ayn Rand's idolatry of money -- Dum Inter Homines Sumus, Colamus Humanitatem or as long as we're all among humans, let us be humane.…”
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Mean girl : Ayn Rand and the culture of greed / by Duggan, Lisa, 1954-

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Objective Economics : How Ayn Rand's Philosophy Changes Everything about Economics. by Buechner, M. Northrup

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La Filosofía Política de Ayn Rand. un análisis Crítico by Moratal Roméu, Luca

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With charity toward none : an analysis of ayn rand's philosophy / by O'Neill, William F.

Table of Contents: “…Title Page; Table of Contents; PART ONE -- THE PHILOSOPHY OF OBJECTIVISM; Chapter I -- THE PHILOSOPHY OF AYN RAND: A FEW INTRODUCTORY CONSIDERATIONS; THE IMPACT OF OBJECTIVIST PHILOSOPHY; THE ORGANIZATION OF THE STUDY; AYN RAND AND POLITICAL CONSERVATISM; AYN RAND AND CONTEMPORARY PHILOSOPHY; REFERENCES-CHAPTER I; Chapter II -- KNOWING AND THE KNOWN; SELF-EVIDENT TRUTH; OBJECTIVE VALUE; NATURAL KNOWLEDGE; REFERENCES-CHAPTER II; Chapter III -- PERSONAL VALUE AND THE NATURE OF MAN; THE ULTIMATE VALUE OF HAPPINESS; THE CONTINGENCY OF VIRTUE; THE PRIVATISTIC NATURE OF HAPPINESS; THE CHOICE TO LIVE.…”
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Metaethics, egoism, and virtue : studies in Ayn Rand's normative theory /

Table of Contents: “…Reasoning about ends : life as a value in Ayn Rand's ethics / Darryl Wright -- The choice to value / Allan Gotthelf -- The foundations of the ethics : objectivism and analytic philosophy / Irfan Khawaja -- Egoism and eudaimonism : replies to Khawaja / Paul Bloomfield -- Nietzsche and Rand as virtuous egoists / Christine Swanton -- Virtue and sacrifice : response to Swanton / Darryl Wright -- Rational selves, friends, and the social virtues / Helen Cullyer -- Egoistic relations with others : response to Cullyer / Tara Smith -- Virtuous egoism and virtuous altruism / Christine Swanton -- On altruism, and on the role of virtues in Rand's egoism : response to Swanton / Tara Smith -- What is included in virtue? …”
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The twilight of the middle class : post-World War II American fiction and white-collar work by Hoberek, Andrew, 1967-

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Running in good faith? : observant Judaism and libertarian politics by Krinsky, Alan D.

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American capitalism : social thought and political economy in the twentieth century

Table of Contents: “…Godless capitalism : Ayn Rand and the conservative movement /…”
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Ethical communication : moral stances in human dialogue

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Concepts and their role in knowledge : reflections on objectivist epistemology

Table of Contents: “…Ayn Rand's theory of concepts: rethinking abstraction and essence / Allan Gotthelf -- Conceptualization and justification / Gregory Salmieri -- Perceptual awareness as presentational / Onkar Ghate -- Concepts, context, and the advance of science / James G. …”
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Capitalism at work : business, government, and energy by Bradley, Robert L., 1955-

Table of Contents: “…The Soul of Commerce / Adam Smith -- Character and Success / Samuel Smiles -- Supply-Side Ethics / Ayn Rand -- Business Opportunity -- The Business of Politics -- U.S. …”
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Autarchies : the invention of selfishness by Ashford, David, Dr

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Contents; Preface; 1 The North Pole of the Ego: The Politics of Parisian Dada; 2 Philosophic Algebra: Dora Marsden's Lingual Psychology; 3 The Siberia of the Mind: Wyndham Lewis: The Modernist as Egoist; 4 A New Concept of Egoism: The Late-Modernism of Ayn Rand; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index.…”
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I Am John Galt : Today's Heroic Innovators Building the World and the Villainous Parasites Destroying It. by Greta, Andrew

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Family and the politics of moderation : private life, public goods, and the rebirth of social individualism by Hall, Lauren K., 1980-

Table of Contents: “…Marxism, Collectivism, and the Family; 3. Ayn Rand, Individualism, and the Family; 4. Montesquieu, Burke, and the Moderate Family; 5. …”
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Anthem. by Rand, Ayn

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Capitalism and commerce in imaginative literature : perspectives on business from novels and plays

Table of Contents: “…Block -- The freedom gradient in Ayn Rand's novels / Andrew Bernstein -- Identity, professional ethics, and substantive style in The Fountainhead / William Kline -- Business in Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged / Edward W. …”
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After multiculturalism : the politics of race and the dialectics of liberty by Welsh, John F., 1951-

Table of Contents: “…Multicultural thought : reactionary tribalism versus the dialectics of liberty -- Against the predatory state and the mystique of race : the objectivist vision of Ayn Rand -- Fusion and transcendence : Murray Rothbard and the anarcho-capitalist critique of racism -- The old racism and the new : the libertarian analysis and critique of state intervention in society -- Our enemies, racism and the state : individualist anarchism and the struggle against slavery and racial violence -- Self-ownership, the unique individual, and the specter of race : the dialectical egoism of Max Stirner -- After multiculturalism : the logic of diversity and the dialectics of liberty.…”
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This is not normal : the politics of everyday expectations by Sunstein, Cass R.

Table of Contents: “…Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- ONE Howling with the Wolves -- TWO The New Normal -- THREE Revolution Is in the Air -- FOUR Lapidation and Apology -- FIVE Founding -- SIX Refounding -- SEVEN Radicals -- EIGHT Liberalism -- NINE "Who Will Stop Me?" The Cult of Ayn Rand -- TEN History's Forks -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.…”
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BioShock and philosophy : irrational game, rational book

Table of Contents: “…; Notes; Chapter 2 The Value of Art in BioShock: Ayn Rand, Emotion, and Choice; Ayn Rand on Art, Ethics, and Choice; Horror Beneath the Waves; Why Randians Should Celebrate BioShock.…”
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The promise of liberty : a non-utopian vision by Machan, Tibor R.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Why moral judgments can be objective -- Theorists v. their theories : the case of agent causation -- Ethics and its controversial assumptions : individualism & human success -- Virtue, liberty, and private property : aspects of humanist political economy -- Economic analysis and the pursuit of liberty -- Human rights and poverty -- Rights, values, regulation, and health care -- The morality of smoking -- Philosophy, physics, and common sense -- The calculation problem & the tragedy of the common -- Government budget crises -- Right to private property -- Revisiting a critique -- Leo Strauss & neo-conservatism -- Tocqueville & Ayn Rand -- Should the constitution be rescued? -- Distraction of anarchism -- On owning intellectual stuff -- Fetal rights & liberty -- Speculation on post-communism -- The right to be wrong -- Reflections on democracy -- The flaws of stakeholder theory -- Individualism should respect rights.…”
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Ladies for liberty : women who made a difference in American history by Blundell, John

Table of Contents: “…Clare Boothe Luce; Chapter 17. Ayn Rand; Chapter 18. Rose Director Friedman.…”
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Champions of a free society : ideas of capitalism's philosophers and economists by Younkins, Edward W. (Edward Wayne), 1948-

Table of Contents: “…Lao Tzu's naturalistic metaphysics, ethics, and politics -- Aristotle and human flourishing -- Aristotle and economics -- Epicurus on freedom and happiness -- Thomas Aquinas's Christian Aristotelianism -- Spinoza on freedom, ethics, and politics -- John Locke's limited state -- Turgot on progress and political economy -- Adam Smith's moral and economic system -- Jean-Baptiste Say's law of markets : a fundamental, conceptual integration -- Herbert Spencer on liberty and human progress -- Carl Menger's economics of well-being -- Ludwig von Mises on human action -- Ayn Rand's philosophy of objectivism -- Murray Rothbard's Randian Austrianism -- The road to objective economics : Hayek takes a wrong turn -- Milton Friedman's pragmatic and incremental libertarianism -- Mises, Friedman, and Rand : a methodological comparison -- James M. …”
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Tough love : sexuality, compassion, and the Christian right by Burack, Cynthia, 1958-

Table of Contents: “…; Identity in Politics; Caution: Hazardous Compassion Ahead; The Miserable Ones; Love among the Outcasts; A World of Others; Revisiting Compassion Campaigns; Arendt and Christian Love; Chapter 4: Just Deserts: The Compassion of Ayn Rand; Who Is John Galt?; Rand, Sex, and Gender.…”
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The freedom of peaceful action : on the origin of individual rights by Hayashi, Stuart

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The moral life : an introductory reader in ethics and literature by Pojman, Louis P., Vaughn, Lewis

Table of Contents: “…Plato/The ring of Gyges ; Ayn Rand/In defense of ethical egoism ; Louis P. Pojman/Egoism and altruism : a critique of Ayn Rand ; James Rachels/A critique of ethical egoism -- 9. …”

The bubble economy : is sustainable growth possible? by Ayres, Robert U.

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Novel Shocks : Urban Renewal and the Origins of Neoliberalism. by Tucker-Abramson, Myka

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The reactionary mind : conservatism from Edmund Burke to Sarah Palin by Robin, Corey, 1967-

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101 Great Philosophers. by Pirie, Madsen

Table of Contents: “…Moore; Pierre Teilhard de Chardin; Erwin SchrÃœdinger; Martin Heidegger; Ludwig Wittgenstein; Herbert Marcuse; Friedrich Hayek; Gilbert Ryle; Michael Oakeshott; Karl Popper; Arthur Koestler; Ayn Rand; Jean-Paul Sartre; Hannah Arendt; H.L.A. Hart; Isaiah Berlin; A.J. …”
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Doctor Strange and philosophy : the other book of forbidden knowledge

Table of Contents: “…: Knowledge, Ignorance, and Bias; Believing in One's Knowledge and Knowing One's Ignorance"We're Not Savages"; Looking at the World Through a Keyhole ... or a Colored Glass; Whitewashing the Ancient One; Stereotypes, Supervillains, and Fortune Cookies; Strange Transformations; We Can All Be Socratics Supreme; Notes; Chapter 9 Stephen Strange vs. Ayn Rand: A Doesn't Always Equal A; Stop! Tampering with Continuum Probabilities Is Forbidden!…”
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Spider-man and philosophy : the web of inquiry

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Academic Competitions for Gifted Students : a Resource Book for Teachers and Parents. by Tallent-Runnels, Mary K.

Table of Contents: “…Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- Introduction: Making Decisions about Competitive Programs for Gifted Students -- How to Use This Book -- Characteristics of Good Competitions -- Reference -- Chapter 1 -- Selecting, Preparing for, and Participating in Competitions -- Selected Characteristics and Needs of Gifted and Talented Students: How They Influence Contest Participation -- Effects of Competition: Good News -- Effects of Competition: Bad News -- How to Anticipate and Avoid Problems in the Use of Competitions -- How to Maximize benefits from Competitions -- References -- Chapter 2 -- Competition Descriptions -- AAA High School Travel Challenge -- AATSP Elementary/Middle School Poster Contest -- Academic Games Leagues of America National Tournament -- Academic Triathlon -- Achievement Awards in Writing -- Alliance for Young Artists and Writers Scholastic Art and Writing Awards -- All-USA High School Academic Team Competition -- Amateur Poetry Contest -- American Computer Science League -- American Enterprise Speech Contest -- American History Essay Contest -- American Invitational Mathematics Exam -- American Mathematics Competitions -- American Mathematics Contest 8 -- American Regions Mathematics League -- American Scholastics Mathematics Competition -- American Society of Newspaper Editors, Quill and Scroll International Writing, Photo Contest -- American Veterans (AMVETS) Americanism Program -- Ann Arlys Bowler Poetry Contest -- ARTS Recognition and Talent Search -- Association of Educational Publishers Student Publishing Awards -- Ayn Rand Essay Contest -- Baker's Plays High School Playwriting Contest -- BEST Robotics Competition -- Biz Plan Competition -- Botball Robotics -- Canadian Open Mathematics Challenge -- CANE (Classical Association of New England) Writing Contest -- Christopher Columbus Awards.…”
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