Ben Bayer

Ben Bayer is a senior fellow at the Ayn Rand Institute. He teaches at ARU, lectures and gives interviews for ARI. He writes for and is a senior editor of ARI’s online publication, New Ideal. His writing focuses primarily on the application of philosophy to contemporary cultural and political controversies. His books include Why the Right to Abortion Is Sacrosanct (2022) and Breaking Free from Faith-Based Morality (2026).

Dr. Bayer received his Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign in 2007. He also completed the program of coursework in ARI’s Objectivist Graduate Center between 1997 and 2006. Before coming to ARI, Dr. Bayer taught at Loyola University of Chicago, Colorado College, Metropolitan State University of Denver, and Loyola University New Orleans.