Nicholas Capaldi has an intriguing perspective on how two rival paradigms has framed and continues to forge normative business ethics. This article shaped a quite a bit of my understanding of normative business ethics and played an important role in my recent master's thesis in philosophy.
A long interview ...
On Amazon:
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...an exceedingly interesting question. This topic is covered by the well-renown professor of psychology and behavioral economics at Duke University, Dan Ariely in an article in WSJ - Why we lie
I'm currently reading his fascinating, highly original and thought-provoking book Predicably Irrational. His WSJ article on lying covers some of the themes of his new book, which I'm also looking forward to reading, entitled The Honest Truth about Dishonesty: How we lie to everyone - especially ourselves
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...is now on Twitter and has its own LinkedIn group for discussion of TOS-articles and networking. The Fall issue is out now (I'm looking forward to receiving it in the mail shortly. It takes a while before it reaches Norway by snailmail).
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I haven't read Allan Gotthelf's paper Ayn Rand on Concepts: Another Approach to Abstraction, Essences and Kinds (PDF) yet, but it looks like it's definitely worth reading.
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Quite funny, although I do not endorse the "other candidate", even so, ...quite funny...
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comments on Robert Tracinski's use of ancient philosophy in "What went Right?" over at Diana Hsieh''s Noodlefood.
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Noumenal Self comments on Robert Tracinski's "What Went Right?"-series.
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Quisling's work on philosophy is going to be published.
Quisling was the traitor whose name became synonymous with treason. He was the head of Government of Norway during the Nazi occupation of Norway and was executed in 1945 after the war.
"The book will appear in October from the new publishing house Juritzen.Arve Juritzen and his editor Anne-Kristin Strøm have prepared the volume from the mass of papers and handwritten notes the notorious Norwegian left behind. The book will be organized according to the chapter headings Quisling intended.
"This book is not about war and treason, but about what Quisling really wanted to be, philosopher, author. He really wanted to write, to be know as a thinker rather than a politician," Juritzen said. "The book can also explain why he did what he did. This is also a snapshot from the 20s, 30s and 40s. The thoughts and attitudes are striking and it is not so long ago, yet one thought incredibly differently."
Juritzen said he did not believe there was much if anything to fuel right-wing extremists or neo-Nazis in the book, but also feels that such worries shouldn't prevent the book's publication.
Quisling biographer and professor at San Diego State University, Oddvar Høidal, does not believe the book will have much to offer.
"The material is completely disorganized. Juritzen's decision to organize the notes the way Quisling wanted will give the book an odd character," Høidal said. Historians would need to see the original documents in any case, but Høidal thought it might interest history buffs.
Netherlands-based professor Else M. Barth has scrutinized Quisling's notes and thoughts deeply for her 1996 book "God, it's me. Vidkun Quisling as a political philosopher" and she then said that what was most interesting was the light he threw on the way fascists thought.
"Otherwise he was not original in the least. Most of what he said he borrowed from here and there and repeated it in flowery terms. The title of the book, "God, it's me" is a quote," Barth told Aftenposten."
I don't see this book becoming much of a bestseller. The market has to be miniscule!!! Who want's to read some philosophical mishmash entitled "God, it's me" written by the traitor with delusions of grandeur who ran Norway on behalf of the German nazies during the war.
For More on Quisling read the excellent book by Oddvar Hoidal - Quisling: A study in Treason
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Noodlefood: The Ayn Rand Archieves
Diana Hsieh takes to task those who maliciously smear and spread lies about the Ayn Rand Archieves regarding their cooperation and willingness to open up their archieves for serious scholarship.
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Martin Lindeskog has interviewed Ed Cline
Ed Cline, is the author of the Sparrowhawk series.
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I really enjoyed Essays on Ayn Rand's We the Living and Essays on Ayn Rand's Anthem both edited by Robert Mayhew and I must say that I'm really looking forward to getting hold of a copy of Essays on Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead to be published by Lexingtoon Books (apparantly available from December 28, 2006).
Excerpt from Lexington Books:
Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead is still remembered and enjoyed today as the philosopher's first best-selling novel and venture into romantic writing. In this unique study of The Fountainhead, Dr. Robert Mayhew brings together historical, literary, and philosophical essays that analyze the novel's style, its use of humor, and its virtues of productivity, independence, and integrity. The essays make extensive use of previously unpublished material from the Ayn Rand Archives, offering a new collection of material to explore and consider. This book leads through the creation, publication, and reception of the 1947 novel that made Rand famous. Mayhew's collection of essays offers an insightful and critical perspective on the much regarded novel, and is a necessary read for anyone interested in Ayn Rand and great American literature.List of Contributors
B. John Bayer, Michael S. Berliner, Andrew Bernstein, Tore Boeckmann, Jeff Britting, Onkar Ghate, Robert Mayhew, Shoshana Milgram, Amy Peikoff, Richard Ralston, Dina Schein, Tara SmithAbout the Author
Robert Mayhew is Professor of Philosophy at Seton Hall University.
Table of Contents for Essays on Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead The History of The FountainheadThe Composition of Ayn Rand's First Projection of the Ideal Man: From the Notebook to the Novel
Shoshana MilgramHoward Roark and Frank Lloyd Wright
Michael S. BerlinerPublishing The Fountainhead
Richard RalstonThe Fountainhead Reviews
Michael S. BerlinerAdapting The Fountainhead to Film
Jeff Britting
The Fountainhead as Literature and as PhilosophyThe Fountainhead as Romantic Novel
Tore BoeckmannWhat Might Be and Ought to Be: Aristotle's Poetics and The Fountainhead
Tore BoeckmannThree Inspirations for the Ideal Man: Cyrus Paltons, Enjolras, and Cyrano de Bergerac
Shoshana Milgram
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The Objectivist Club Association (OCA), a new organization
dedicated to assisting Objectivist campus and community
clubs, has launched a new forum - forums.objectivistclubs.org
- for all those involved in a club or interested in founding
one.Discussions about recruitment and advertising stategies,
speaking events, club meetings, and other sundry club-related
topics are already ongoing, and you're welcome to start new
threads of your own.By registering for free, you can ask
questions of fellow club leaders, share your experiences,
discuss possibilities for collaboration, suggest services and
materials you'd like the OCA to provide, and participate in a
dialogue with other Objectivists who take ideas and cultural
change as seriously as you do.To learn more about the OCA, you can visit the main website at http://www.ObjectivistClubs.org.
Hope to see you on the forum soon!
Regards,
---OCA Staff
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New York Centenary Reminiscences of Ayn Rand by Harry Binswanger and Allan Gotthelf (Ayn Rand Bookstore)
"In an informal talk at ARI’s Ayn Rand Centenary celebration in New York City, Harry Binswanger and Allan Gotthelf reminisce about personal experiences each had with Ayn Rand, focusing on incidents that illustrate her character and personality. Topics range from cats to concepts, from the paintings in her apartment to her love of Aristotle, from her Scrabble-playing to her own readings of Atlas Shrugged, from her quick wit and stunning insightfulness to her passionate intensity and her inspiring presence."
Definetely something to put one one's wishlist.
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Prodos has released an old interview with leading Aristotle scholar Allan Gotthelf where he talks about his book On Ayn Rand.
From: Prodos
Good morning.
I've just put back online an interview I recorded in early 2000
with one of my favorite philosophers, Dr Allan Gotthelf.Dr Gotthelf is Chairman of the Ayn Rand Society and is
visiting professor of History and Philosophy of Science at
the University of Pittsburgh, where he holds the
University of Pittsburgh Fellowship for the Study of Objectivism.I think you'll love this talk. By way of discussing
Dr Gotthelf's book, "ON AYN RAND" we cover so many
fascinating and important issues - not only to do with
Ayn Rand's ideas, but about thinking philosophically in general.Listen online now @
http://www.prodos.com/archive079gotthelf01.html Some of the topics covered include:
- The Benevolent Universe Premise and the Heroic View of Man.
- What value is central to Ayn Rand’s view of a hero?
- What is reason?
- What are emotions?
- Is there a connection between the two?
- Are reason and emotions inherently at odds with each other?
- Are reason and passion mutually exclusive?
- Reason and self-esteem.
- How should a person gain his philosophy?
- Anyway, what is philosophy?
- For that matter, What is the meaning of life?
- Is some degree of mysticism required to answer this question?
- What is “value”?
- What does it mean for a human being “to live”?
- Selfishness: what is it according to Ayn Rand?
- Contrasting it with the Nietzchien view.
- The harmony of rational interests.
- In Ayn Rand’s novel, "The Fountainhead," Howard Roark
gives up a job that would bring him wealth and fame.
How was that, by Ayn Rand’s philosophy, a selfish act?
- How did Allan Gotthelf first meet Ayn Rand? And what were her first
words to him?
- The origin of Ayn Rand’s name - and a correction.And much, much more!
Listen online now @
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I'm a proud member of:
EON - The European Objectivist Network
Description:
"The European Objectivists Network (EON) is a forum for communication and action among all European Objectivists around the world and all Objectivists resident in Europe. EON seeks to promote and tie together national, local and specialist Objectivist groups as well as individuals in Europe (and beyond, at my discretion).
To use an epistemological analogy, EON is a higher concept that integrates all European Objectivists into a single unit, and thereby facilitates wider communication, sharing of information, promotion of events, education and support for intellectual activism, and ultimately, the spreading of Objectivist influence.
All Europeans with a genuine interest in Ayn Rands philosophy are encouraged to join even though you may be active in a national group. EON will link you with other groups in other countries and enable us to work together to promote laissez-faire ideas in politics, egoist ethics, and objectivity in academia on a wider scale. The future nature and activity of the group may be modified as our membership expands. An associated website will follow in due course."
So to all Objectivists in Europe - why don't you join us for a better tomorrow!
(Soria Moria by Th. Kittelsen)
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Axiomatic issue nr. 1 is now available!
About Axiomatic:
"Axiomatic is an online magazine for Objectivists. Each month we bring you a series of articles that analyze Objectivism, apply Objectivist principles to other fields of study, or help you integrate Objectivism into your daily life.
When you subscribe to Axiomatic, you will receive instant access to the latest issue, available both on the web and in a downloadable, printable PDF file.
Future plans include: a group blog, Podcasts, a discussion forum, and an online store where you can spend too much money for a coffee mug just because it has our logo on the side."
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A new objectivist magazine called The Objective Standard is to be launched next year.
Description (from The Objective Standards webpage):
"The Objective Standard is a quarterly journal of culture and politics written from the perspective that man’s life on earth is the proper standard of morality. According to this principle, that which supports or promotes an individual’s life is good, that which retards or destroys it is evil. The purpose of the journal is to analyze and evaluate ideas, trends, events, and policies with respect to this standard.
The Objective Standard provides a rational, principled alternative to the ideas of both liberalism and conservatism. Whereas liberals hold that morality is subjective (i.e., feeling-based), that majority opinion is the standard of value, that sacrifice for the common good is noble, and that rights are social conventions; and whereas conservatives hold that morality is grounded in religion (i.e., faith-based), that God’s will is the standard of value, that sacrifice in obedience to His commands is good, and that rights are divine decrees; we hold that morality is grounded in the objective requirements of human life (i.e., reason-based), that man’s life is the standard of value, that the selfish pursuit of one’s life-serving goals is good, and that individual rights are moral principles defining the basic requirements of a civilized society. Ours is a philosophy of reason, egoism, and laissez-faire capitalism. In a word, we advocate Objectivism, the philosophy of Ayn Rand, and we apply this philosophy to the cultural and political issues of the day.
Contributing writers include Craig Biddle, Yaron Brook, Alex Epstein, David Harriman, Elan Journo,
John Lewis, Keith Lockitch, Larry Salzman, and Lisa VanDamme."
Join their mailing list to stay abreast on the latest developments!
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Quoted from his web page:
The (New) Andrew Bernstein Forum is once again open for discussions on Andrew Bernstein's latest book, The Capitalist Manifesto, as well as his novel Heart of a Pagan, stories of heroism by individuals seeking their values, activism to promote the ideas in The Capitalist Manifesto and Heart of a Pagan, discussions on capitalism, politics, economics, and great literature.
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