Peter Schwartz
Objectivist writer and editor
Peter Schwartz is an American writer and a Distinguished Fellow of the Ayn Rand Institute. He writes on ethics and politics from an Objectivist viewpoint.
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American Born 1949
About Peter Schwartz
Peter Schwartz was born in 1949 and is an American journalist. He writes opinion pieces and books from an Objectivist viewpoint. He is a former Chairman of the Board of the Ayn Rand Institute in Irvine, California, and a Distinguished Fellow there. He started The Intellectual Activist, a periodical on political and social issues, and worked as its editor and publisher from 1979 to 1991. From 1987 to 2003 he led Second Renaissance Books as its president and chief editor. He has lectured and written on ethics, political philosophy, environmentalism and multiculturalism. His books include In Defense of Selfishness, which was later reissued under the title The Tyranny of Need, and Libertarianism: The Perversion of Liberty.