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

Please contact the Education Department Coordinator at clubs@aynrand.org or (949) 222-6550 Extension 259 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
• “Ayn Rand's Ideas: An Introduction” by Elan Journo
• “Rights—Reason—Reality: Ayn Rand's Answer to the Intellectual Crisis of Our Time” by Dr. John Ridpath

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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 
• “Ayn Rand’s ‘For the New Intellectual’ and the Philosophic Interpretation of History” by Dr. John Lewis

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Philosophy of Science

• "Galileo's Fight for Reason" by David Harriman
• "Physicists Lost in Space" by David Harriman
• "The Fall of Physics—and Its Cause" by David Harriman
• "Darwin and the Discovery of Evolution" by Dr. Keith Lockitch

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Psychology

• "Love and Philosophy: Plato, Aristotle, Ayn Rand" by Dr. Allan Gotthelf
• “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

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Ethics

• “Religion vs. Morality” by Dr. Andrew Bernstein
• “Atlas Shrugged and Ayn Rand’s Morality of Egoism” by Craig Biddle
• “Ayn Rand’s Morality of Selfishness: An Introduction to the Objectivist Ethics” by Craig Biddle
• “Living Purposefully” by Craig Biddle
• “The Individualist Alternative to the Political Left and Right” by Dr. John Lewis
• “Christianity vs. Objectivism: Which Is the Proper Philosophy for Living on Earth?” by Dr. Edwin A. Locke
• “Post-Modernism vs. Religion vs. Objectivism: Which Is the Proper Code of Morality for Living on Earth?” by Dr. Edwin A. Locke
• “Why Modern Intellectuals Deny the Concept of Evil” by Dr. Edwin A. Locke
• “Ayn Rand vs. Friedrich Nietzsche: Who Is the True Individualist?” by Dr. John Ridpath
• “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

• “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 
• "What Is America's Stake in the Arab-Israeli Conflict" by Elan Journo
• “No Substitute for Victory: The Defeat of Islamic Totalitarianism” by Dr. John Lewis
• “Foreign Policy: Fighting for America” by Richard Ralston
• “Ayn Rand and the History and Importance of the Concept of Individual Rights” by Dr. John Ridpath
• “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 Bowden
• “The New Primitivism: Today’s Attacks on Reason and Individualism” by Peter Schwartz

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Capitalism: Theory

• "Capitalism: The Only Moral Social System" by Craig Biddle
• “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 Neo-Conservatives: Friends or Foes?” by Dr. Yaron Brook
• “The Morality of Capitalism” by Dr. Eric Daniels
• “Ayn Rand vs. Adam Smith: Who Is the True Founder of Capitalism?” by Dr. John Ridpath
• “The Morality of Capitalism” by Dr. John Ridpath
• “A Utopia of Greed: Ayn Rand’s Moral Defense of Laissez-Faire Capitalism” by Richard Salsman

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Capitalism: Practice

• “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
• "In Defense of Oil: Celebrating Oil's 150th Birthday" 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
• “A New Tax Policy That Advances Capitalism” by Richard Salsman
• “Arresting the Social Security Robber Barons: How to Restore the Freedom to Save and Retire With Dignity” by Richard Salsman
• “The Case for Free Banking and the Gold Standard” by Richard Salsman
• “The Case for Pure and Unilateral Free Trade” by Richard Salsman
• “The Great Depression: Why It Happened and How the Scapegoating of Capitalism Still Burdens Us Today” by Richard Salsman
• “The Health Care Crisis Yet to Come: Evil and Folly in Socialized Medicine” by Richard Salsman
• “The Heroic Nature of Business Titans and the Evil of ‘Robber Baron’ Smear Campaigns” by Richard Salsman
• “The Injustice of the Antitrust Laws as Reflected in the High-Tech Lynching of Microsoft” by Richard Salsman
• “The Philosophic State of Economics: An Objectivist Perspective” by Richard Salsman
• “Who’s Saving, America?” by Richard Salsman

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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 its Appeasement: Why a Great Nation Is Assaulted” by Richard M. Salsman
• “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
• “Capitalism and the Environment: The Virtues of ‘Exploitation’” by Richard Salsman
• “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

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Speakers

• Andrew Bernstein
• Craig Biddle
• Harry Binswanger
• Tom Bowden
• Yaron Brook
• Eric Daniels
• Alex Epstein
• Allan Gotthelf
• Onkar Ghate
• Elan Journo
• David Harriman
• John Lewis
• Edwin A. Locke
• Keith Lockitch
• Adam Mossoff
• Richard Ralston
• John Ridpath
• Richard Salsman
• Tara Smith
• Peter Schwartz

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