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Smith, Tara (2008). "The Importance of the Subject in Objective Morality: Distinguishing Objective from Intrinsic Value".
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Smith, Tara (September 1998). "Rights, Wrongs, and Aristotelian Egoism: Illuminating the Rights/Care Dichotomy".
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Carrie-Ann Biondi, Review of "Ayn Rand's Normative Ethics: The Virtuous Egoist" Reason Papers 30 (2008)
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Smith, Tara (December 1992). "Why a Teleological Defense of Rights Needn't Yield Welfare Rights".
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and is on the Academic Advisory Council of The Clemson Institute for the Study of Capitalism at
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Smith, Tara (September 1997). "Reconsidering Zero-Sum Value: It's How You Play the Game".
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Smith specializes in moral and political theory. She did her undergraduate work at the
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Smith, Tara (September 1992). "On Deriving Rights to Goods from Rights to Freedom".
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Smith, Tara (April 1997). "Tolerance & Forgiveness: Virtues or Vices?".
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Smith, Tara (September 1995). "Rights Conflicts: The Undoing of Rights".
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The First Amendment: Essays on the Imperative of Intellectual Freedom
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Egoism Without Permission: The Moral Psychology of Ayn Rand's Ethics
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Smith, Tara (December 2003). "The Metaphysical Case for Honesty".
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Smith, Tara (December 1998). "Intrinsic Value: Look-Say Ethics".
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Viable Values: A Study of Life as the Root and Reward of Morality
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Viable Values: A Study of Life as the Root and Reward of Morality
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of Tara Smith's articles at the Capitalism Magazine website
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Smith has lectured all across the United States including
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Machamer, Peter K. & Wolters, Gereon, eds. (2004).
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Smith, Tara (December 1998). "The Practice of Pride".
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Tara Smith

University of Virginia
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Johns Hopkins University
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