An Introduction to the Study of Ayn Rand

Salmieri, Gregory

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“…This article takes a slightly more radical path; Ayn Rand (1905Rand ( -1982 is controversial as a philosopher and ethicist (e.g., Gladsteim 1999, ch. 5;Salmieri 2016). Nevertheless, the influence of her philosophy of Objectivism and its ethics (also known as rational egoism, a phrase which we will be using as a synonym for Objectivism throughout this article) on current-day conservative and libertarian thinking, particularly in the United States, is hard to deny (e.g., Allison 2013;Brook and Watkins 2012).…”

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Ayn Rand’s Objectivist Ethics Applied to Video Game Business

2019

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This article analyzes the business ethics of digital games, using Ayn Rand's philosophy of Objectivism. It identifies different types of monetization options as virtuous or nonvirtuous, based on Rand's views on rational self-interest. It divides the options into ethical Mover and unethical Looter designs, presents those logics in relation to an illustrative case example, Zynga, and then discusses a view on the role of players in relation to game monetization designs. Through our analysis of monetization options in the context of Objectivist ethics, the article contributes to discussions on game revenue ethics. It also expands the still understudied area of applying Rand's ethics to business, in the context of a new sector, game development, and business. This research enables ethicists to apply a wider-than-before perspective on virtue ethics to online business, and helps game developers act in a virtuous manner, which provides them with a long-term business advantage.

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The Man Who Would Be Galt

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2020

The Journal of Ayn Rand Studies

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In 1958, Nathaniel Branden founded what would become the Nathaniel Branden Institute and launched the Objectivist movement through a course of twenty lectures he called “The Basic Principles of Objectivism.” In 2009, that lecture series became a book and an important historical record. This review captures the essence of those lectures while also taking a close look at Branden’s philosophical odyssey. It attempts to recount whether and how far the man whom Ayn Rand saw as the living image of John Galt distanced himself from the guidance he had once given in the years after NBI closed its doors forever.

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An Introduction to the Study of Ayn Rand

Cited by 2 publications

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Ayn Rand’s Objectivist Ethics Applied to Video Game Business

Ayn Rand’s Objectivist Ethics Applied to Video Game Business

The Man Who Would Be Galt

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