Lecture: Free speech, free mind, free market.

Tara Smith is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin, where she holds the BB&T Chair for the Study of Objectivism.
A specialist in legal, moral, and political philosophy, Smith has published four books (Judicial Review in an Objective Legal System; Ayn Rand’s Normative Ethics: The Virtuous Egoist; Viable Values: A Study of Life as the Root and Reward of Morality; and Moral Rights and Political Freedom) and articles spanning such subjects as individual rights, justice in everyday life, friendship, pride, the nature of objectivity, and the value of sports to the serious fan. Recent research centers around freedom of speech and freedom of religion.