Please go to this link to read this article in Portuguese.| Marsha Familaro Enright
Please go to this link to read this article in Portuguese.| Marsha Familaro Enright
Many have asked me to listen to an example of a Great Connections seminar discussion. Here is a recording of a discussion about Ayn Rand’s article “Altruism As Appeasement.“| Marsha Familaro Enright
Scott Hambrick, founder of Online Great Books, discusses education, meeting Ayn Rand, and a new course to help participants read more easily in the Online Great Books courses with Marsha in his podcast here.| Marsha Familaro Enright
Marsha Familaro Enright Interview – Schools for Individualists In this 2007 interview by Sara Pentz in The New Individualist (link above), Ms. Enright explains fundamentals of excellent education, the ingenious ways the Montessori Method gives students what they need, how we arrived at the dismal state of education we have today, the dire effects of … Continue reading "Schools for Individualists – Montessori’s Methods and Today’s Problems"| Marsha Familaro Enright
by Marsha Familaro Enright Abstract Ayn Rand argued that “selfish” is the correct designation for a person living according to the Objectivist Ethics, that selfishness is a virtue. The accuracy of this claim is examined along with the meaning of “selfish,” the wider implications for the Objectivist Ethics, and ethics in general. Alternatives to the … Continue reading "The Problem With Selfishness"| Marsha Familaro Enright
For most of man’s existence on Earth, the universe has been anything but benevolent. Famines, floods, and earthquakes have destroyed whole populations. The plague ravaged Europe during the Middle Ages. Even in the nineteenth century, two out of three people died as children. On the frontier, starvation was not that uncommon after a long winter … Continue reading "The Habit of Hope"| Marsha Familaro Enright
By Marsha Enright and Gen LaGreca 11:32 AM 09/15/2011 Constitution Day (September 17) commemorates the 1787 signing of the document that established the United States of America. But like the victim of a terrible accident, the government that was formed that historic day in Philadelphia is hardly recognizable today, and the heart that propelled it … Continue reading "James Madison Was Right About Property Rights"| Marsha Familaro Enright
Capitalism has brought more wealth to more people than any other system in history. In those countries that have adopted capitalism, the standard of living since the Industrial Revolution has far outstripped all the growth of the previous millenia. Yet capitalism is often reviled as evil or, at the best, amoral. What are the facts? … Continue reading "The Morality of Capitalism"| Marsha Familaro Enright
It’s been a year since Stephen Moore’s article, “Atlas Shrugged: from Fiction to Fact in 52 Years,”seemed to ignite an explosion of interest in Ayn Rand. Sales of this prescient novel tripled; two Rand biographies have been selling like hotcakes; and references to her in the media have skyrocketed. Yet, some free-market defenders continue to … Continue reading "Can the free market be saved without Ayn Rand?"| Marsha Familaro Enright
Ken Follett’s novels are not only inspiring and well-written, but also reveal thematic and stylistic choices similar to those in Ayn Rand’s novels. Could it be more than a coincidence? I became hooked on British author Ken Follett through his most famous novel, The Eye of the Needle. It’s the gripping World War II story of a … Continue reading "Did Ayn Rand Influence Ken Follett?"| Marsha Familaro Enright
“I came here with no friends, an old typewriter, and look what I achieved. It would have been impossible to achieve this in England.” So said James Clavell, an Australian immigrant to America who learned the fundamentals of the American outlook on life in a horrific Japanese prisoner of war camp. In over four decades … Continue reading "James Clavell’s Asian Adventures"| Marsha Familaro Enright
originally published in Montessori Leadership “Help me to do it myself,” self-responsibility, peace: these are fundamentals of the Montessori philosophy. How many of you know that another, highly influential thinker with these same beliefs has had a huge influence on the Montessori movement: Ayn Rand? Today, there are thousands of parents, teachers and heads of school … Continue reading "A little recognized influence on the Montessori Movement by Marsha Familaro Enright"| Marsha Familaro Enright
When I was in grammar school in the late ‘50’s, I loved school. I eagerly looked forward to learning every day. But by the time I was eight I noticed this wasn’t true for everyone. No. In fact, many, many of the other children were confused or defiant or scared or just plain bored. I could … Continue reading "The Montessori Way, by Tim Seldin and Paul Epstein"| Marsha Familaro Enright
Philosophy & Psychology If “Emotions Are Not Tools of Cognition,” What Are They?: An Exploration of the Relationship Between Reason and Emotion Marsha Familaro Enright A Conversation with Ayn Rand “Emotions are not tools of cognition,” Ayn Rand said on more than one occasion (1961, 55; 1964, 6; 1974, 6). An emotion as such … Continue reading "If Emotions Aren’t Tools of Cognition, what are they?"| Marsha Familaro Enright
Q: How did the ideas of Ayn Rand impact your life? Marsha: I read through Atlas the summer following The Fountainhead, and all the books and essays I could get my hands on after that, over the next few years. This included Nathaniel Branden’s The Psychology of Self-Esteem, which greatly influenced my thinking in psychology, … Continue reading "Interview with Marsha Enright by Karen Minto, Full Context, Vol. 12, No. 1"| Marsha Familaro Enright
Navigator: Perhaps you could begin by telling us something of the history of the New Intellectual Forum. Who started it, and when? Enright: In 1985, a listing in The Objectivist Forum led me to contact Mike McCarthy of the Chicagoland Objectivist Principles Organization (COPO). My husband John and I began going to meetings of COPO at … Continue reading "Interview: How to Run an Objectivist Salon"| Marsha Familaro Enright
Originally published in Objectivity, Volume 1, Number 2.| Marsha Familaro Enright
Mientras las ministras de cuota lloran por el heteropatriarcado y las adolescentes reciben sermones condescendientes en talleres de género.| Libertad Digital - Cultura
“There are 47% of the people who will vote for the president no matter what… 47% who are with him, who are dependent upon government, who believe that they are victims, who believe the government has a responsibility to care for them, who believe that they are entitled to health care, to food, to housing, to you-name-it.”| jill_rg
Usar un «paquete-gato-por-liebre» es la falacia de no distinguir diferencias cruciales. Consiste en considerar como una unidad, como partes de una única totalidad conceptual (un único «paquete»), elementos que difieren esencialmente en su naturaleza, validez, importancia o valor. # # # Usar un «paquete-gato-por-liebre» consiste en usar el antiguo deplorable truco de equiparar dos conceptos opuestos […]| Objetivismo.org
