“Participating in a campus club as a student was a valuable experience for me because it allowed me to meet and network with professional intellectuals when we hosted them as lecturers. It also facilitated my study of Objectivism by providing a forum to discuss the ideas with other students who shared my interest in Ayn Rand.”

ARI speakers are available for talks sponsored by Objectivist campus clubs and other campus organizations.

Please contact the Campus Club Coordinator at clubs@aynrand.org if you are interested in hosting a speaker on your campus.

In order to understand some of the details involved in hosting a speaking event—or to aid you in your planning—you should review this speaking event checklist.

Speaking Event Topics

• General Introduction
• Basic Philosophy
• Philosophy of Science
• Psychology
• Ethics
• Political Philosophy
• Political Correctness
• Capitalism: Theory
• Capitalism: Practice
• Terrorism
• Environmentalism
• Literature
• Speakers

General Introduction

• “Introduction to Objectivism” by Dr. Andrew Bernstein
• “Objectivism: Ayn Rand's Philosophic Revolution” by Dr. Harry Binswanger
• “Introduction to Ayn Rand's Ideas” by Dr. Onkar Ghate
• “Who Is Ayn Rand?” by Elan Journo

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Basic Philosophy

• “Ayn Rand’s Theory of Free Will” by Dr. Harry Binswanger
• “Bridging the ‘Is-Ought’ Gap: How to Derive Morality From Facts” by Dr. Harry Binswanger 

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Philosophy of Science

• "Galileo's Fight for Reason" by David Harriman
• "Darwin and the Discovery of Evolution" by Dr. Keith Lockitch

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Psychology

• “Reason and Emotion: Ayn Rand’s Solution to a 2,000-Year-Old Problem” by Dr. Edwin A. Locke
• “The Objectivist Concept of Self-Esteem” by Dr. Edwin A. Locke
• "Setting Goals for Life and Happiness" by Dr. Edwin A. Locke 

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Ethics

• “The Virtue of Selfishness: Ayn Rand's Radical Code of Morality” by Peter Schwartz
• “Passing Judgment: Ayn Rand’s View of Justice” by Dr. Tara Smith
• “The Virtuous Egoist” by Dr. Tara Smith

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Political Philosophy

• "Welcome to the Civil War: Your Stake in the Endless Battle over Land Rights" by Thomas A. Bowden
• “Just War Theory vs. American Self Defense” by Dr. Yaron Brook
  
• “The Moral Case for Supporting Israel” by Dr. Yaron Brook
  
• “The Morality of War” by Dr. Yaron Brook 
  
• "The Looming Crisis Over Free Speech" by Dr. Eric Daniels
  
• "What Is America's Stake in the Arab-Israeli Conflict" by Elan Journo
  
• “The Separation of School and State: The Case for Abolishing America’s Government Schools” by Dr. Brad Thompson

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Political Correctness

• "Columbus Day Without Guilt" by Thomas A. Bowden
• “The New Primitivism: Today’s Attacks on Reason and Individualism” by Peter Schwartz

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Capitalism: Theory

• “Laissez-Faire Capitalism: The System of Freedom and Justice” (a half-hour presentation followed by an extended question-and-answer period) by Dr. Harry Binswanger
• "Capitalism Without Guilt: The Moral Case for Freedom" by Dr. Yaron Brook
• “Money Lending: Its History and Philosophy” by Dr. Yaron Brook
• “The Neoconservatives: Friends or Foes?” by Dr. Yaron Brook
• “The Morality of Capitalism” by Dr. Eric Daniels

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Capitalism: Practice

• "Health Care in Chains: The Truth About What's Plaguing American Medicine" by Rituparna Basu
• “Global Capitalism: The Solution to World Oppression and Poverty” by Dr. Andrew Bernstein
• “In Defense of Financial Markets” by Dr. Yaron Brook
• “Why Conservatives are Anti-Business” by Dr. Yaron Brook
• "You Are Not Your Brother's Health Care Provider" by Dr. Yaron Brook
• "Free Market Revolution: How Ayn Rand's Ideas Can End Big Government" by Dr. Yaron Brook
• "Vitamin "O": America's Healthy "Addiction" to Oil" by Alex Epstein
• "The Monopoly Myth: The Case of Standard Oil" by Alex Epstein
• “The Rise and Fall of Property Rights in America” by Adam Mossoff
• "Intellectual Property is Property: Ayn Rand's Radical Justification for Patents and Copyrights" by Adam Mossoff
• "Ayn Rand's Free Market Revolution" by Don Watkins
• "Not Your Brother's Keeper: The Moral Bankruptcy of the Entitlement State" by Don Watkins

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Terrorism

• “The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict” by Dr. Yaron Brook
• “The Rise and Decline of the State of Israel” by Dr. Yaron Brook
• “Why Do They Hate Us?” by Dr. Yaron Brook
• “Why We Are Losing the War” by Dr. Yaron Brook
• “Islam's Role in the Terror War on America” by Elan Journo
• "Our Unwinnable Middle East Wars?" by Elan Journo
• “The Road to 9/11” by Elan Journo
• "What Is America's Stake in the Arab-Israeli Conflict?" by Elan Journo
• “Terrorism and the Morality of Self-Defense” by Peter Schwartz

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Environmentalism

• “The Case Against Animal Rights” by Dr. Edwin A. Locke
• "The Real Goal of the Green Climate Crusade" by Dr. Keith Lockitch
• “The Philosophy of Environmentalism: Sacrificing Mankind to Nature” by Peter Schwartz

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Literature

• "Rational Egoism in Ayn Rand’s The Fountainhead" by Dr. Andrew Bernstein
• "The Literary Revolution in Atlas Shrugged" by Dr. Andrew Bernstein
• "The Mind as Hero in Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged" by Dr. Andrew Bernstein
• "The Fountainhead as a Romantic Novel" by Tore Boeckmann
• "The Originality of Atlas Shrugged" by Tore Boeckmann
• "Building a Masterpiece: Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead" by Dr. Shoshana Milgram

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Speakers

• Rituparna Basu
• Andrew Bernstein
• Harry Binswanger
• Thomas Bowden
• Yaron Brook
• Eric Daniels
• Allan Gotthelf
• Onkar Ghate
• Elan Journo
• David Harriman
• Edwin A. Locke
• Keith Lockitch
• Shoshana Milgram
• Adam Mossoff
• Richard Ralston
• Richard Salsman
• Tara Smith
• Peter Schwartz
• Don Watkins

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