Open vs. Closed Objectivism: Stephen Hicks & Craig Biddle Debate

Stephen Hicks heads to Belgrade, April 10-14th to speak at Ayn Rand Center Europe's New Intellectuals Conference 2023. He’ll take the stage with Craig Biddle, Director of Education at The Objective Standard Institute to debate: Is Objectivism a “Closed System” or an “Open System”?‍

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What is Objectivism? Is it limited to the philosophic ideas that Ayn Rand identified, developed, and integrated in her lifetime? Or is it open to revisions, additions, or subtractions—and, with such revisions, still properly called Objectivism? That issue concerns one of the three pillars of Open Objectivism, advanced by The Atlas Society, which also embraces‍

1) A commitment to reasoned, non-dogmatic discussion and debate, and

2) A policy of benevolence toward others, including fellow-travelers and critics.  

For decades, proponents of Closed Objectivism have refused to debate these questions, which makes this event a breakthrough opportunity to explore Rand’s philosophy and its implications from different points of view.  

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