Giants of Law (MP3 download) Economics and BusinessBy Tom Bowden Objective law is one of mankind's noblest achievements, yet its history is little known. This course surveys key individuals who caused (or symbolized) the legal innovations which, accumulating over many centuries, enabled Western civilization to flourish under limited government. "Reason is the life of the law," wrote Sir Edward Coke in 1628, naming this course's theme. Mr. Bowden examines the accomplishments of fabled lawgivers (such
This lecture was recorded at the 2008 Objectivist Summer Conference in Newport Beach
How can we as a movement organize and work most effectively to bring about the kind of world Ayn Rand's philosophy equips us to create
From the money-changers of the Middle Ages to the investment bankers of today financiers have been crippled by the hostility of looters
absurdly flattering portrait of life in the communist country
free will as the base of objectivity
and gives those of us who disagree a worthy target
is unique in human history
Peikoff argues that criminals are ultimately motivated by the ideas they accept
" Empiricism becomes bankrupt: the skepticism of David Hume
is generalization from perceptual experience
the course fosters a deeper appreciation of Atlas Shrugged as a work of philosophy and of literature
by their struggle in pursuit of spiritual goals and by profound value-conflicts
