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Ben Bayer

PhD, Philosophy, 2007, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Active: 2013-2022

Dr. Bayer is a fellow at the Ayn Rand Institute. Previously, he taught philosophy at Loyola University New Orleans. His research focuses primarily on questions about the foundations of knowledge and the freedom of the will. (based on info from 2020 )

Presentations

Name
Presented
Media
Ayn Rand on the Genealogy of Altruism
Jul 03, 2022
Jul 03, 2022
Environmentalism's Dark History
Apr 20, 2022
Apr 20, 2022
Ukraine and the Power of Moral Judgment
Apr 06, 2022
Apr 06, 2022
Understanding the Roots of the New Inflation
Mar 30, 2022
Mar 30, 2022
Why Perfection is Possible
Mar 23, 2022
Mar 23, 2022
Nationalism and Russia's War on Ukraine
Mar 16, 2022
Mar 16, 2022
Objectivism Q&A - February 2022
Feb 09, 2022
Feb 09, 2022
Roe v Wade on the Brink
Dec 08, 2021
Dec 08, 2021
How Radicals Advocate for Reform
Nov 10, 2021
Nov 10, 2021
America's Stakes in the Taiwan Straits
Nov 10, 2021
Nov 10, 2021
Objectivism Q&A—October 2021
Oct 13, 2021
Oct 13, 2021
Recovering From Religion
Sep 16, 2021
Sep 16, 2021
Q&A Panel with the OAC Philosophy Faculty
Sep 01, 2021
Sep 01, 2021
Conservatives vs Capitalism
Aug 30, 2021
Aug 30, 2021
Vaccines Vs. the Delta Variant
Aug 25, 2021
Aug 25, 2021
Why Are Objectivists So Negative?
Aug 18, 2021
Aug 18, 2021
The Pure Hatred of the New Antitrust
Aug 04, 2021
Aug 04, 2021
Understanding the Meaning of Independence Day
Jun 30, 2021
Jun 30, 2021
Why Jordan Peterson Is Wrong about Faith
Jun 23, 2021
Jun 23, 2021
Objectivism Q&A--May 2021
May 05, 2021
May 05, 2021
What To Expect from an America Without God
Apr 28, 2021
Apr 28, 2021
Why Sam Harris is Wrong about Free Will
Apr 14, 2021
Apr 14, 2021
Lifting the Lockdowns
Mar 18, 2021
Mar 18, 2021
How Can Humanity Make Moral Progress?
Feb 10, 2021
Feb 10, 2021
Why Scientific Progress in Ethics is Frozen
Jan 13, 2021
Jan 13, 2021
Can People Change?
Dec 29, 2020
Dec 29, 2020
Why Today's Ethics Offers No Real Guidance
Dec 18, 2020
Dec 18, 2020
The Consent of the Governed
Nov 03, 2020
Nov 03, 2020
How Goes the Battle With the Pandemic?
Oct 07, 2020
Oct 07, 2020
How to Oppose the Push for Socialism
Sep 30, 2020
Sep 30, 2020
9/11: Learning the Right Lessons
Sep 09, 2020
Sep 09, 2020
The Assault on Expertise
Aug 26, 2020
Aug 26, 2020
Objectivism Q&A
Aug 19, 2020
Aug 19, 2020
The Fuel on the Fire of "Cancel Culture"
Jul 22, 2020
Jul 22, 2020
Who’s the Censor: Twitter or Trump?
Jun 05, 2020
Jun 05, 2020
Violence in the Streets
Jun 01, 2020
Jun 01, 2020
Q&A and Essay Contest Tips
May 29, 2020
May 29, 2020
Part IV, Chapters 11-20
May 22, 2020
May 22, 2020
How to Think about Coronavirus Conspiracism
May 18, 2020
May 18, 2020
Part IV, Chapters 1-10
May 08, 2020
May 08, 2020
Are We All in This Together?
May 04, 2020
May 04, 2020
Part III, Chapters 1-9
May 01, 2020
May 01, 2020
Should We Accept Suffering as a Part of Life?
Apr 27, 2020
Apr 27, 2020
Part II, Chapters 9-15
Apr 24, 2020
Apr 24, 2020
Part II, Chapters 1-8
Apr 17, 2020
Apr 17, 2020
Part I, Chapters 9–15
Apr 10, 2020
Apr 10, 2020
Part I, Chapters 1–8
Apr 03, 2020
Apr 03, 2020
Discussing the Factual Basis of Values
Mar 17, 2020
Mar 17, 2020
Is There a Rational Morality?
Mar 11, 2020
Mar 11, 2020
Q&A Panel on Reason, Purpose, and Self-Esteem
Feb 29, 2020
Feb 29, 2020
Is Abortion Immoral?
Feb 12, 2020
Feb 12, 2020
What's Wrong with "Virtue Signaling"?
Jan 22, 2020
Jan 22, 2020
Why Be Honest?
Nov 13, 2019
Nov 13, 2019
Q&A Panel on Objectivism
Oct 27, 2019
Oct 27, 2019
Reason Versus Faith and Emotionalism
Oct 27, 2019
Oct 27, 2019
The Evil of Altruism
Oct 26, 2019
Oct 26, 2019
Is Altruism a Virtue?
Oct 05, 2019
Oct 05, 2019
Reason Versus Faith and Emotionalism
Sep 15, 2019
Sep 15, 2019
Objectivism Q&A
Sep 15, 2019
Sep 15, 2019
The Evil of Altruism
Sep 14, 2019
Sep 14, 2019
Reason vs. Faith and Emotionalism
Sep 07, 2019
Sep 07, 2019
The Evil of Altruism
Sep 06, 2019
Sep 06, 2019
Should I go by Reason or by Faith?
Aug 31, 2019
Aug 31, 2019
Can You Take Credit for Who You Are?
Aug 10, 2019
Aug 10, 2019
The Subtheme of Free Will in Atlas Shrugged
Jun 27, 2019
Jun 27, 2019
The Romanticism of Atlas Shrugged
Jun 22, 2019
Jun 22, 2019
Free Will and Individualism
Feb 15, 2019
Feb 15, 2019
Tribalism in Today’s Political Culture
Nov 02, 2018
Nov 02, 2018
Ayn Rand's "Of Living Death"
Aug 25, 2018
Aug 25, 2018
Discussing Objectivism
Jun 29, 2018
Jun 29, 2018
Atlas Shrugged as Literature and Philosophy
Apr 25, 2018
Apr 25, 2018
John Galt’s Moral Philosophy
Apr 25, 2018
Apr 25, 2018
Social and Political Themes in Atlas Shrugged
Apr 25, 2018
Apr 25, 2018
Part III, Chapter 9: The Generator
Apr 11, 2018
Apr 11, 2018
Part III, Chapter 8: The Egoist
Apr 04, 2018
Apr 04, 2018
Part III, Chapter 3: Anti-Greed
Feb 21, 2018
Feb 21, 2018
Part III, Chapter 2: The Utopia of Greed
Feb 14, 2018
Feb 14, 2018
Part III, Chapter 1: Atlantis
Feb 07, 2018
Feb 07, 2018
Part II, Chapter 10: The Sign of the Dollar
Jan 31, 2018
Jan 31, 2018
Part II, Chapter 8: By Our Love
Jan 17, 2018
Jan 17, 2018
Part II, Chapter 7: The Moratorium on Brains
Jan 11, 2018
Jan 11, 2018
Part II, Chapter 6: Miracle Metal
Jan 03, 2018
Jan 03, 2018
Part II, Chapter 5: Account Overdrawn
Dec 19, 2017
Dec 19, 2017
Part II, Chapter 3: White Blackmail
Dec 06, 2017
Dec 06, 2017
Part II, Chapter 2: The Aristocracy of Pull
Nov 15, 2017
Nov 15, 2017
Part I, Chapter 10: Wyatt’s Torch
Nov 08, 2017
Nov 08, 2017
Part I, Chapter 9: The Sacred and the Profane
Nov 01, 2017
Nov 01, 2017
Part I, Chapter 8: The John Galt Line
Oct 25, 2017
Oct 25, 2017
Part I, Chapter 6: The Non-Commercial
Oct 11, 2017
Oct 11, 2017
Part I, Chapter 4: The Immovable Movers
Sep 27, 2017
Sep 27, 2017
Part I, Chapter 3: The Top and the Bottom
Sep 21, 2017
Sep 21, 2017
Part I, Chapter 2: The Chain
Sep 13, 2017
Sep 13, 2017
Part I, Chapter 1: The Theme
Sep 06, 2017
Sep 06, 2017
Being Objective about the News
Jun 10, 2017
Jun 10, 2017
Psychology, Neuroscience and Free Will
Nov 04, 2016
Nov 04, 2016
Living Objectivism
Jun 28, 2014
Jun 28, 2014
Spreading Objectivism by Living It
Jun 28, 2014
Jun 28, 2014
Campus Activism and Campus Club War Stories
Jun 28, 2014
Jun 28, 2014
Academic Panel
Jul 05, 2013
Jul 05, 2013
A Brief History of the Concept of Free Will
Jul 05, 2013
Jul 05, 2013