Cohen to address college Republicans, The Atlas Society | Ayn Rand, Objectivism, Atlas Shrugged

November 26, 2013 -- On December 2 Atlas Society scholar Alexander R. Cohen will be a guest speaker at a meeting of the Syracuse University College Republicans. Cohen will deliver, via Skype, a short talk on "Politcal Freedom and Moral Freedom."

Cohen, who describes himself as a “philosopher-journalist,” is managing editor of the Business Rights Center and associate scholar. He has lectured at The Atlas Society’s Summer Seminar (now called the Atlas Summit) every year since 2006 and attended the society’s Graduate Seminar every year since 2005. Alexander is a past recipient of the Atlas Society Graduate Scholarship.

Alexander studied journalism at American University. He then received his law degree from the University of Pennsylvania, where he was a member of the Law Review, and gained his master’s in philosophy from the City University of New York; he subsequently studied philosophy at the University of Virginia. From 2004-2005 Alexander served as an adjunct assistant professor at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice.