04 July 2010
The 2010 Atlas Society / Free Minds Summer Seminar
I have been posting relatively little this last week, since I have been attending the 2010 Atlas Society / Free Minds Summer Seminar being held in Alexandria, VA since 30 June. The seminar continues through 7 July. Today, there are no activities, however, so I intend to make a couple of posts.
I have been a member of the Atlas Society for 11 years. The Atlas Society, founded by my friend David Kelley, "promotes the philosophy of Objectivism and its core values: reason, achievement, individualism, and freedom." The Atlas Society has great appreciation for the work of Ayn Rand and believes we can acquire invaluable understanding from her work. At the same time, it is not dogmatic and believes every individual should think independently to further develop a philosophical understanding of human life and principles by which to guide their own life. It is impossible to imagine John Galt thinking that it would be impossible for him to take any action with philosophical implications without first consulting Ayn Rand or asking what she would do in his situation. No, in the complete context of his life, he would figure out how what his personal values were and he would act on them in his own way.
The Atlas Society has just launched a new website with much new content on the philosophy of Objectivism. It has recently started the Business Rights Center with my friend Roger Donway as Director. "The Business Rights Center is dedicated to defending businessmen who are wrongly defamed by the media and unjustly prosecuted by the government. The BRC also strives to expose and challenge the false premises of today’s post-Enlightenment, anti-business intelligentsia." The Atlas Society also puts out the very interesting quarterly magazine, The New Individualist, edited by Sherrie Gossett. This really is a very fine magazine. It is worth reading from cover to cover and its layout is always high art. It is such a work of beautiful art, that you will actually feel the need to wash your hands before you pick it up.
I have been a member of the Atlas Society for 11 years. The Atlas Society, founded by my friend David Kelley, "promotes the philosophy of Objectivism and its core values: reason, achievement, individualism, and freedom." The Atlas Society has great appreciation for the work of Ayn Rand and believes we can acquire invaluable understanding from her work. At the same time, it is not dogmatic and believes every individual should think independently to further develop a philosophical understanding of human life and principles by which to guide their own life. It is impossible to imagine John Galt thinking that it would be impossible for him to take any action with philosophical implications without first consulting Ayn Rand or asking what she would do in his situation. No, in the complete context of his life, he would figure out how what his personal values were and he would act on them in his own way.
The Atlas Society has just launched a new website with much new content on the philosophy of Objectivism. It has recently started the Business Rights Center with my friend Roger Donway as Director. "The Business Rights Center is dedicated to defending businessmen who are wrongly defamed by the media and unjustly prosecuted by the government. The BRC also strives to expose and challenge the false premises of today’s post-Enlightenment, anti-business intelligentsia." The Atlas Society also puts out the very interesting quarterly magazine, The New Individualist, edited by Sherrie Gossett. This really is a very fine magazine. It is worth reading from cover to cover and its layout is always high art. It is such a work of beautiful art, that you will actually feel the need to wash your hands before you pick it up.
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