WHEN: Wednesday, Nov. 12, 7 p.m.
WHERE: Nebraska Union, 1400 R Street (room posted)
Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 6, 2003 -- The benefits of global capitalism will be the subject of a lecture Nov. 12 at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Andrew Bernstein, a writer and adjunct associate professor of philosophy at Pace University in New York City, will deliver "Global Capitalism: The Solution to World Oppression and Poverty" at 7 p.m. in the Nebraska Union, 1400 R St. (room to be posted). The lecture is free and open to the public and refreshments will be served.
Bernstein will argue that capitalism is the system of individual rights. He will describe how its success in Asia in the second half of the 20th century and the beginning of its positive impact in contemporary Latin America add to the evidence accumulated in Europe and North America over the past 200 years that capitalism is the system of both freedom and prosperity.
Conversely, he will argue that statism in any form -- those systems that deny the principle of individual rights -- necessitates both political oppression and economic destitution.
Bernstein received his doctorate in philosophy from the Graduate School of the City University of New York in 1985. He specializes in ethics, the history of Western philosophy and the application of philosophy to thematic analyses of literary works.
He is the author of "Teacher's Guide to The Fountainhead" (New American Library, 1987). He has taught courses on Objectivism at the New School for Social Research as well as numerous philosophy courses at New York-area colleges and universities. He designed the philosophy and literature curriculum at the American Renaissance School, a private high school founded by Objectivists for high-achieving students, and taught philosophy and literature courses there.
His primary ambition is to be a novelist and his first novel, "Heart of a Pagan," has just been published by The Paper Tiger Inc.
Bernstein's lecture is sponsored by the Big Red Objectivist Club and the Ayn Rand Institute.
CONTACT: Henry M. "Matt" Person, Assoc. Professor, Military Science, (402) 472-4264
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