American philosopher — founder of the Atlas Society (formerly The Objectivist Center) — who split from the official Ayn Rand Institute to create a more 'open' Objectivism that engages critically with non-Objectivist ideas.
Creates the open Objectivism alternative to ARI's closed orthodoxy — Kelley's The Contested Legacy of Ayn Rand argued that Objectivism should engage intellectually with non-Objectivist thought rather than treating it as morally corrupt; this produced a permanent schism in the Objectivist movement.
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