Amy Peikoff
Amy Peikoff | |
|---|---|
| Born | Amy Lynn Rambach June 7, 1968 |
| Occupation | Philosopher, lawyer, professor |
| Education | |
| Subject | Objectivism,privacy,intellectual property |
| Website | |
| dontletitgo | |
Amy Lynn Peikoff(/ˈpiːkɒf/;néeRambach;born June 7, 1968)[1]is an American writer, blogger, and a professor of philosophy and law. Peikoff was the Chief Policy Officer of social media platformParlerand currently of Bit Chute.[2][3]
Early life and education
[edit]Amy Peikoff studied at theUniversity of California, Los Angeles,where she earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics and Applied Science in 1992 and her Juris Doctor in 1998, having attended her first year oflaw schoolat Pepperdine University.[4]She was an editor of theUCLA Law Review.[5]She then earned her Doctor of Philosophy in Philosophy at the University of Southern California in 2003.[4]
Career
[edit]Amy Peikoff is a member of theState Bar of California,having beenadmittedin May 2002.[6]She has worked with The Association for Objective Law, an organization that promotesObjectivismin the legal sector, and her legal work has included the submission of anamicus curiaebrief in support ofElián González's right of residence in the United States.[7]
Peikoff has taught law and philosophy atSouthwestern Law School,Chapman University,theUnited States Air Force Academy,theUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,and theUniversity of Texas at Austin.[5]She has also spoken to audiences atDePaul University[8]andStanford University.Herspecialismsinclude privacy, intellectual property, and Objectivism.
She has contributed articles to theNYUJournal of Law & Liberty,[9]TheVirginiaJournal of Social Policy and the Law,[10]theBrandeisLaw Journal,[11]Philosophical Explorations,[12]Ethics,[13]The Philadelphia Inquirer,[14]theLos Angeles Times,[15]The Washington Times,[16]and to books such asEssays onAyn Rand'sAnthemandEssays on Ayn Rand'sThe Fountainhead.She was interviewed for the 2011 documentary film,Ayn Rand & the Prophecy ofAtlas Shrugged,[17]and she is an occasional guest host ofThe Tammy Bruce Show.[18]
Peikoff runs an ObjectivistblogandpodcastcalledDon't Let It Go,named after an essay in Ayn Rand'sPhilosophy: Who Needs It.[19]She also co-hosts theYaron & Amy Showpodcast withYaron Brook.[citation needed]
Personal life
[edit]She is the ex-wife of fellow Objectivist scholarLeonard Peikoffand the ex-stepmother of novelistKira Peikoff.[20]
See also
[edit]- American philosophy
- Ethical egoism
- Free market
- Objectivist movement
- Philosophical realism
- Rational egoism
References
[edit]- ^United States Public Records, 1970-2009 (Colorado)
- ^"Inside the rapid rise of Parler with its chief policy officer",AxiosRe:Cap, November 12, 2020. Retrieved January 8, 2021.
- ^Herchenroeder, Karl."Parler Executive Defends Section 230, Platform Moderation Practices",Communications Daily,December 7, 2020. Retrieved January 8, 2021.
- ^ab"Amy Peikoff: Adjunct Associate Professor of Law"ArchivedMay 20, 2014, at theWayback Machine.Southwestern Law School.Retrieved 20 May 2014.
- ^ab"Southwestern Welcomes New Adjunct Faculty"Archived2012-10-15 at theWayback Machine.Southwestern Law School. 27 September 2012. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
- ^"Amy Lynn Peikoff".The State Bar of California. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
- ^"In the United States District Court for the Southern District of California"ArchivedMay 21, 2014, at theWayback Machine.Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law. March 2000. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
- ^"Please Join Us Monday Night for the IP Scholars Conference Dinner"Archived2012-04-12 at theWayback Machine.DePaul University. July 2004. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
- ^Peikoff, Amy L."Beyond Reductionism: Reconsidering the Right to Privacy".NYU Journal of Law & Liberty.2008. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
- ^"The Right to Privacy: Contemporary Reductionists and Their Critics".Social Science Research Network.24 October 2010. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
- ^"NO CORN ON THIS COBB: WHY REDUCTIONISTS SHOULD BE ALL EARS FOR PAVESICH".LexisNexis.Summer 2004. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
- ^Peikoff, Amy (2003)."Rational Action Entails Rational Desire: A Critical Review of Searle's Rationality in Action1".Philosophical Explorations.6(2): 124–138.doi:10.1080/10002003058538744.
- ^Allhoff, Fritz; Peikoff, Amy L.; Phillips, Stephen H.; Simhony, Avital; Streeter, George (2005)."Book Notes".Ethics.115(2): 435–439.doi:10.1086/426341.JSTOR10.1086/426341.
- ^Peikoff, Amy."New attack on copyright law will make creativity pointless".The Philadelphia Inquirer.14 October 2002. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
- ^Peikoff, Amy."Set Downey Free to Solve His Problems".Los Angeles Times.26 April 2001. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
- ^Peikoff, Amy."PEIKOFF: Holding out for a political hero".The Washington Times.15 February 2012. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
- ^"Cast and Crew".Ayn Rand & the Prophecy ofAtlas Shrugged. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
- ^Bruce, Tammy."Amy Peikoff Filling In For Today's Tammy Radio".The Tammy Bruce Show.16 May 2013. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
- ^"About".Don't Let It Go.Retrieved 20 May 2014.
- ^Heller, Anne C. (2009),Ayn Rand and the World She Made,New York:Doubleday,p. 413,ISBN978-0-385-51399-9,OCLC229027437.
External links
[edit]- 1968 births
- 21st-century American non-fiction writers
- American women academics
- American women journalists
- Chapman University School of Law faculty
- Living people
- Objectivism scholars
- Objectivists
- Pepperdine University School of Law alumni
- Southwestern Law School
- University of California, Los Angeles alumni
- UCLA School of Law alumni
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill faculty
- University of Southern California alumni
- University of Texas at Austin faculty
- United States Air Force Academy faculty
- 20th-century American women writers
- 21st-century American women writers
- American women legal scholars
- American legal scholars