The Philosophic Thought of Ayn Rand

Abstract

Metaphysics and epistemology. Ayn Rand's realism / Douglas J. Den Uyl and Douglas B. Rasmussen. Rand on concepts / Wallace Matson. Ayn Rand's epistemology in historical perspective / Robert Hollinger -- Ethics. Life, teleology, and eudaimonia in the ethics of Ayn Rand / Douglas J. Den Uyl and Douglas B. Rasmussen. Rand and Aristotle : a comparison of objectivist and Aristotelian ethics / Jack Wheeler. Life and the theory of value : the Randian argument reconsidered / J. Charles King. The fundamental moral elements of Rand's theory of rights / Eric Mack -- Politics. Capitalism / Douglas J. Den Uyl and Douglas B. Rasmussen. Selfishness and the unintended consequences of intended action / Antony Flew. Reason, individualism, and capitalism : the moral vision of Ayn Rand / Tibor R. Machan.