“What the heck is Objectivism?”

On Saturday, March 14, 2026, at 3:00 PM PST/6:00 PM EST, the Freethought Society (FS) and the Humanist Society of Santa Barbara (HSSB) will sponsor presenter Charlie Painter. His Zoom speech is entitled “What the heck is Objectivism?” The link to view this Zoom is:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88193881833

With a well-designed PowerPoint slide show, Painter will outline how philosophy moves the world and why a rational philosophy like those of the Founders, is necessary to preserve liberty and freedom in the 21st century.

Ayn Rand’s philosophy of Objectivism provides the rational basis Painter will highlight and how Objectivism pertains to all five branches of philosophy: meta-physics, ethics, politics, episte-mology, and aesthetics. There will be time for a question and answer segment.

Painter is an award-winning guitarist, band leader, and teacher in Madison, Wisconsin since 2007. Since 2019 Charlie developed a deep passion towards rational, liberty minded philosophy which motivated him to organize a local Meetup group in 2021. The success of this group has led to Painter becoming a return guest on Youtube podcasts and a featured presenter in other local Meetup events. Painter adheres to reason as our most important guide to knowledge and agrees with Rand that “anyone who fights for the future, lives in it today.”

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