Ethics — the science devoted to discovering and defining a fundamental code of values to guide man’s choices and actions.
Featured Articles
The Nature of the Morality of Rational Egoism: Short Notes
Values Are Relational, But Not Subjective
Bernie Madoff: Not Rationally Selfish, But Self-Destructive
Ayn Rand and the Crude Materialism of the “Rich vs. Poor” Worldview
On Fairness and Justice: Their Meanings, Scopes, and How They Are Not the Same
Why Fairness Does Not Mean Justice: Some Further Argument
Why a Proper Ethics is Not a Set of Social Rules, But a Complete Way of Life
Why Morality is Not “Evolved,” But Defined and Chosen
The Wages of Altruism: Domestic Abuse
Why “Selfishness” Doesn’t Properly Mean Being Shortsighted and Harmful to Others
A Dialogue on Metaethics, Moral Realism and Platonism from an Objectivist Perspective
Why Each Person Can Have Only One Ultimate Value
Socialism and Welfare vs. Justice: Why Inalienable Private Property Rights are Required for Justice
A Refutation of G.E. Moore’s Critique of Ethical Egoism: A Dialogue
The Elements of Moral Philosophy on Ethical Egoism: A Critique
QuickPoints
QuickPoint 7: Good Teamwork Is Self-Interested
QuickPoint 3: The Basis of Ayn Rand’s Ethics in a Nutshell
Other Posts
How Christian Morality Promotes Despotism Over Liberty
A Message on Ayn Rand, Compassion, and Individualism vs. Collectivism
What BioShock Gets Wrong About Ayn Rand’s Objectivism
Links and Lecture Courses
“The Objectivist Ethics,” an essay by Ayn Rand from The Virtue of Selfishness
“Atlas Shrugged and Ayn Rand’s Morality of Egoism,” by Craig Biddle, The Objective Standard
Religion vs. Subjectivism: Why Neither Will Do (Chapter 1 of Loving Life)
The Is–Ought Gap: Subjectivism’s Technical Retreat (Chapter 2 of Loving Life)
Books
The Virtue of Selfishness by Ayn Rand (primary)
Loving Life: The Morality of Self-Interest and the Facts that Support It by Craig Biddle (secondary)
Viable Values: A Study of Life as the Root and Reward of Morality by Tara Smith (secondary)
Ayn Rand’s Normative Ethics: The Virtuous Egoist by Tara Smith (secondary)
Metaethics, Egoism, and Virtue: Studies in Ayn Rand’s Normative Theory (Ayn Rand Society Phil. Studies) by various authors (scholarly debate)
Objectivism In Depth 