Craig Biddle

Craig is cofounder and executive director of Objective Standard Institute, as well as cofounder and editor in chief of The Objective Standard. His books include Loving Life: The Morality of Self-Interest and the Facts that Support It; and Rational Egoism: The Morality for Human Flourishing; and the forthcoming Forbidden Facts: Moral Truths Your Parents, Preachers, and Teachers Don’t Want You to Know. He is also currently working on a book about thinking in principles. Learn more and join his mailing list at CraigBiddle.com.

Loving Your Life: A Framework for Flourishing

by Craig BiddlePhilosophy

Oct 17, 2024

Here’s the video of a talk I gave at LevelUp 2024. I’ll share the accompanying slides below—along with two extra slides I prepared but didn’t use

Conceptual Fallacies and How to Avoid Them

by Craig BiddlePhilosophy

Oct 3, 2024

Logical fallacies are not the only errors that retard thinking.

Alex O’Connor’s Red-Herring Thought Experiment vs. Facts that Support Morality

by Craig BiddlePhilosophy

Sep 4, 2024

I elaborate on why Alex’s human-altering thought experiments are counterproductive in trying to understand morality.

Understanding Religion and Rights

by Craig BiddlePhilosophy

Aug 29, 2024

My latest episode of Under Standing is on religion and rights: what’s the connection?

Is Morality Objective? Responding to YOUR Questions

by Craig BiddlePhilosophy

Aug 21, 2024

In my latest episode of Under Standing, I address several good questions (plus a priceless one!) about my LevelUp debate with Alex O’Connor.

Is Morality Objective or Subjective?

by Craig BiddlePhilosophy

Aug 8, 2024

Here’s my debate with Alex O’Connor on whether morality is objective or subjective. I hope you enjoy it—and I’d love to hear your thoughts.

Understanding Rights

by Craig BiddlePhilosophy

Jul 19, 2024

Here’s an episode of Under Standing about the source and nature of rights. Enjoy!

The Power and Community of LevelUp

by Craig BiddleAnnouncements

May 31, 2024

What’s so special about these events? They’re about taking your life and happiness seriously. And the attendees are people who take these values seriously.

Ely Lassman’s Video Series on Rational, Practical Philosophy

by Craig BiddlePhilosophy

May 20, 2024

Ely Lassman has launched a video series on YouTube, discussing philosophic issues from an Objectivist perspective. I encourage you to check it out and subscribe to his channel.

Kiyah Willis on YouTube: A Voice of Reason for Gen Z

by Craig BiddleAnnouncements

May 10, 2024

Join Kiyah as she explores issues of the day applying the principles of reason, individualism, and capitalism—and debunks false alternatives such as wokeism vs. religion, feelings vs. faith, and socialism vs. conservatism.

Is There a God-Shaped Hole—or a Self-Shaped Hole?

by Craig BiddleAnnouncements

Apr 10, 2024

Join Craig Biddle at LevelUp 2024 to hear him talk about the “God-shaped hole”—the idea that if you don’t believe in God and accept him into your life, you’ll be deprived of spiritual values such as meaning and purpose—and it's alternative idea: the self-shaped hole.

Sam Harris and Alex O’Connor Debate Morality

by Craig BiddleAnnouncements

Apr 4, 2024

I was delighted to see that Alex O’Connor recently debated Sam Harris about whether ethics is objective and, if so, on what grounds.

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