Andrew Bernstein (philosopher)

Andrew Bernstein
Andrew Bernstein
Nationality	American
Alma mater	City University of New York (PhD)
School	Objectivism
Website	AndrewBernstein.net

Andrew Bernstein is an American philosopher. He is a proponent of Objectivism, the philosophy of Ayn Rand, and the author of several books, both fiction and non-fiction.

Education and career

He is the author of The Capitalist Manifesto: The Historic, Economic, and Philosophic Case for Laissez-Faire,^[1] Capitalism Unbound: The Incontestable Case for Individual Rights^[2] and Objectivism in One Lesson,^[3] as well as two novels, Heart of a Pagan and A Dearth of Eagles.^[4] He also authored the CliffsNotes for Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged, The Fountainhead, and Anthem, and has contributed essays to volumes such as Essays on Ayn Rand's Anthem^[5] and Essays on Ayn Rand's We the Living.^[6] His op-eds have appeared in publications such as the San Francisco Chronicle, the Chicago Tribune, The Baltimore Sun, The Atlanta Constitution, The Washington Times, The Los Angeles Daily News, and the Houston Chronicle. He has contributed a number of essays, op-eds, and reviews to The Objective Standard.^[7] He is affiliated with the Ayn Rand Institute and the New York Heroes Society, an Ayn Rand advocacy organization, and is known for his public defense of Objectivism, particularly its support for laissez-faire capitalism.^[8]

Bibliography

Non-fiction

CliffsNotes on Rand's Atlas Shrugged, 2000
CliffsNotes on Rand's The Fountainhead, 2000
The Capitalist Manifesto: The Historic, Economic, and Philosophic Case for Laissez-Faire, 2005
Objectivism in One Lesson: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Ayn Rand, 2008
Capitalism Unbound: The Incontestable Case for Individual Rights, 2010
Capitalist Solutions: A Philosophy of American Moral Dilemmas, 2011
Heroes, Legends, Champions: Why Heroism Matters, 2020^[9]^[10]

Fiction

Heart of a Pagan: The Story of Swoop, 2002
A Dearth of Eagles, 2017

References

^ University Press of America, 2005
^ University Press of America, 2010
^ Hamilton Books, 2009
^ The Paper Tiger, 2002
^ Mayhew, Robert, ed., Lexington Press, 2005, "Anthem and Collectivist Regression into Primitivism," pp. 299–305.
^ Mayhew, Robert, ed., Lexington Press, 2004, "The Integration of Plot and Theme in We the Living," pp. 279–285.
^ "Andrew Bernstein, Author at The Objective Standard". The Objective Standard. Retrieved 2021-04-20.
^ "New York Heroes Society". Retrieved 2010-12-11.
^ Bernstein, Andrew. "Heroes, Legends, Champions: Why Heroism Matters". AndrewBernstein.net. Archived from the original on 2020-08-12. Retrieved April 6, 2021.
^ "Heroes, Legends, Champions: Why Heroism Matters by Andrew Bernstein". The Objective Standard. 2020-07-31. Retrieved 2021-04-06.