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  • politics

    Whose Liberalism? Which Individualism?: Review of Colin Bird's The Myth of Liberal Individualism
    Author: Irfan Khawaja, Subject: Ethics, Politics, Type: Academic, Book Reviews, Graduate, Journal Reprint, Size: 84 K, Date: 2001-8-29

    A Lockean Theory of Agency and Rights
    Author: Bryan Register, Subject: Ethics, Modern Philosophy, Politics, Type: Academic, Course Essay, Graduate, Size: 57 K, Date: 2001-6-6

    Individualism and the Vitality of Community Life
    Author: Tibor Machan, Subject: American Culture, Ethics, Politics, Sociology, Communitarianism, Type: Academic, Annual Meeting, Draft, Size: 36 K, Date: 2001-5-3

    Transcripts of the First Online Conference
    Author: Bryan Register, Ted O'Connor, Matt Zwolinski, Bryan Register, Chris Sciabarra, Irfan Khawaja, Agnes Koos, Subject: Epistemology, Ethics, Metaphysics, Politics, Type: Academic, Commentary, Draft, Informal, Online Conference, Size: 6 K, Date: 2001-4-21

    Valuing in Games and Life
    Author: Ted O'Connor, Subject: Ethics, Politics, Sociology, Psychology, Economics, Type: Academic, Annual Meeting, Undergraduate, Size: 12 K, Date: 2001-4-8

    African-American Atheism and the Appeal to Culture
    Author: Frances Parker, Subject: Christianity, Logic, Politics, Self Esteem, Sociology, American Culture, Type: Informal, Size: 7 K, Date: 2001-3-10

    The Greatest Good
    Author: Russell Madden, Subject: Ethics, Politics, Type: Fiction, Size: 52 K, Date: 2001-2-26

    Objectivism and Academe: The Progress, The Politics, and The Promise
    Author: Chris Sciabarra, Subject: Aesthetics, American History, Ancient Philosophy, Artificial Intelligence, Christianity, Cognitive Science, Computer Science, Epistemology, Ethics, Feminism, Intellectual History, Linguistics, Literary Analysis, Mathematics, Medieval Philosophy, Metaphysics, Philosophy of History, Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Science, Physics, Politics, Psychology, Self Esteem, Type: Commentary, Online Conference, Size: 29 K, Date: 2001-2-15

    Force and Flourishing in the Objectivist Political Philosophy
    Author: Matt Zwolinski, Subject: Politics, Type: Academic, Graduate, Online Conference, Size: 37 K, Date: 2001-2-11

    Arguments Against Gender Neutral Language: Comment on Ray's "Are Women Men?"
    Author: Tom Radcliffe, Subject: Feminism, Politics, Type: Academic, Commentary, Annual Meeting, Size: 33 K, Date: 2001-1-21

    Affirmative Action
    Author: David Ward, Subject: Ethics, Feminism, Politics, Type: Academic, Size: 38 K, Date: 2000-11-24

    Anthem
    Author: Ayn Rand, Subject: Ethics, Politics, Self Esteem, Type: Fiction, Size: 110 K, Date: 2000-10-27

    Objectivism Versus Conservativism: Four Letters
    Author: Irfan Khawaja, Subject: Politics, Type: Informal, Size: 44 K, Date: 2000-10-18

    The Proper Function of Government: Two Newspaper Columns
    Author: Irfan Khawaja, Subject: Ethics, Politics, Type: Informal, Size: 28 K, Date: 2000-9-13

    Smoking, Irrationality, and Coercion: Three Letters
    Author: Irfan Khawaja, Subject: Ethics, Politics, Type: Informal, Size: 39 K, Date: 2000-9-13

    Man As An Individualist Animal: A Review of Tibor Machan's Classical Individualism
    Author: Irfan Khawaja, Subject: Politics, Type: Book Reviews, Size: 94 K, Date: 2000-9-4

    Lenin v Freud on War and Aggression
    Author: Bryan Register, Subject: Politics, Type: Academic, Undergraduate, Size: 16 K, Date: 1997-5-1

    Kafka v Zamyatin on Oppression and Tyranny
    Author: Bryan Register, Subject: Politics, Type: Academic, Undergraduate, Size: 16 K, Date: 1997-4-1

    Affirmative Action and Sexual Favors
    Author: Diana Mertz Hsieh, Subject: Politics, Type: Academic, Undergraduate, Size: 5 K, Date: 1994-12-16

    The Danger of Animal Rights
    Author: Diana Mertz Hsieh, Subject: Politics, Type: Academic, Undergraduate, Size: 12 K, Date: 1994-12-6

    The Roots of Dictatorship and Freedom
    Author: Diana Mertz Hsieh, Subject: Politics, Type: Academic, Undergraduate, Size: 10 K, Date: 1994-12-4

    OPAR Chapter 11: Capitalism
    Author: Jimmy Wales, Subject: Politics, Type: Chapter Study, Size: 10 K, Date: 1993-12-21

    OPAR Chapter 10: Government
    Author: Rick Minto, Subject: Politics, Type: Chapter Study, Size: 13 K, Date: 1993-11-17

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