You are a philosopher.

How can I live a meaningful, happy life?
What does it mean to be a good person?
How can I know what’s true?

If you wrestle with such questions, you are doing philosophy. And your answers add up to your personal philosophy. The most important question is: Is your philosophy true and does it help you thrive? With OSI, you’ll develop one that is and does.

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2 hours • 4 lessons

Rational Egoism: The Morality For Loving Life

Learn the moral code that helps you think clearly, live happily, and defend liberty.

Four-month, part-time program

Junior Fellow Program

OSI’s Junior Fellow Program is for active-minded young intellectuals who have a basic understanding of Objectivism and want to develop a career advancing and applying philosophy for freedom and flourishing.

THREE PARTS • FLEXIBLE SCHEDULE

Your Path to a Career in Thinking, Writing & Speaking

The IAP is OSI’s intensive three-year mentor-based program for promising young adults who want to become tomorrow’s leading advocates of reason, individualism, and capitalism.

LevelUp 2026

LevelUp 2026

If these are your goals, this conference is for you. At LevelUp, you will engage with world-class speakers, discover powerful life-serving ideas, meet hundreds of awesome people, and level up in life like never before.

Join us in Chicago for the most life-enhancing conference of the year!

  • Chicago, Illinois
  • July 8-11, 2026

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