Table of Contents

Preface vii

From Leonard Peikoff ix

Lecture 1 The Role of Philosophy 1

Lecture 2 Life as the Standard of Value 37

Lecture 3 Honesty, Importance of Principles 69

Lecture 4 Force and Rights 110

Lecture 5 The Hierarchy of Objectivism 145

Lecture 6 Objectivism Versus the Intrinsic and Subjective 171

Lecture 7 Rationalism 209

Lecture 8 Rationalism and Empiricism 242

Lecture 9 Objectivism Versus Rationalism and Empiricism 269

Lecture 10 Emotions and Moral Judgment 308

Lecture 11 Intellectual Honesty 350