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About Edwin A. Locke
Edwin A. Locke is a senior writer for the Ayn Rand Institute. He is author of The Prime Movers.
Dr. Locke, Dean's Professor of Leadership and Motivation at the University of Maryland, has published more than 230 articles, chapters, and books on subjects such as leadership, work motivation, goal setting, job satisfaction, incentives, and the philosophy of science.
He is internationally known for his work on human motivation. He is the author of such books as The Prime Movers: Traits of the Great Wealth Creators and Goal Setting: A Motivational Technique That Works (with G. Latham). He is also the editor of Principles of Organizational Behavior.
Dr. Locke is a consulting editor for professional journals, and his commentaries on such topics as animal “rights,” environmentalism, American values, and education have appeared in the Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Tribune, the Houston Chronicle, the Dallas Morning News, and the Cincinnati Enquirer.
Articles by Edwin A. Locke
July Fourth Celebrates America's and the West's Core Values: Reason, Rights, and Science Are What Made America Great (July 2, 2009)
Why should we celebrate the Fourth of July? Because America -- as the greatest product of Western civilization -- is the greatest country in the world. But it cannot remain great unless we understand the causes of its greatness.
What We Should Remember on Martin Luther King Day: Judge People by Their Character, Not Skin Color (January 15, 2008)
What should we remember on Martin Luther King Day? In his "I Have a Dream" speech Dr. King said: "I have a dream that my four children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character."
The Only Cure for Racism (April 23, 2006)
If diversity is the cure for racism, why, instead of promoting racial harmony, has it brought racial division and conflict?
Mao: The Unknown Story (April 6, 2006)
Mao is clearly the worst monster in world history. He wanted to destroy, not just as a means of gaining power, but also as an end in itself.
Giving Real Meaning to Veterans Day (November 11, 2005)
Honoring our past soldiers requires that we ask our future ones not to sacrifice their values, but to uphold them.
July Fourth Celebrates America's and the West's Core Values: Reason, Rights, and Science Are What Made America Great (July 4, 2005)
Why should we celebrate the Fourth of July? Because America -- as the greatest product of Western civilization -- is the greatest country in the world. But it cannot remain great unless we understand the causes of its greatness.
A Message to Graduating Students (May 28, 2005)
College graduates must hold firmly to the principles of reason and individualism--despite what they have been taught in their classes.
The Greatness of Western Civilization (September 30, 2004)
The greatness of the West is not an 'ethnocentric' prejudice; it is an objective fact. The core values and achievements of the West and America must be asserted proudly and defended to the death. Our lives depend on them.
On Flag Day Celebrate America's Core Values: Reason and Individual Rights (June 14, 2004)
The greatness of America is not an "ethnocentric" prejudice; it is an objective fact.
Tax Injustice Day: Altruism vs. Americanism (April 15, 2004)
The opponents of tax cuts do not want justice. They want redistribution of wealth. They want to confiscate the income earned by the wealthy and give it to people who have not earned it.
Three Cheers for Wal-Mart (February 22, 2004)
No one has the right to prevent businesses from expanding to new locations. Communities Should Welcome Wal-Mart--In the Name of Freedom and Justice
Giving Real Meaning to Veterans Day: Fighting for Freedom is No Sacrifice (November 9, 2003)
Veterans Day arouses three emotions in most Americans: solemnity, because it celebrates the veterans who have defended our great country; sadness, because so many have lost their lives in the process; and pride, because they have fought so well.
Radical Islam's Assault on Human Life (November 5, 2003)
Anti-reason, Anti-freedom Ideas in Islam Encourage Terrorist Fanaticism
NYSE Chairman Should Have Kept His Money--and Been Proud of It (September 20, 2003)
It is time to recognize the moral right of businessmen to the fruits of their work.
Workers of the World, End Poverty: Unite for Global Capitalism! (September 12, 2003)
We should scornfully ignore the nihilist protestors--they have nothing positive to offer. We should not only allow global capitalism; we should welcome it and foster it in every way possible. It is time to rephrase Karl Marx: Workers of the world unite for global capitalism; you have nothing to lose but your poverty.
Rational Selfishness and the Great Wealth Creator (July 22, 2003)
The proper antidote to counterfeit egoism is not altruism but genuine-rational-egoism.
Graduation Day Values (May 24, 2003)
Our college graduates must hold firmly to the principles of reason and individualism--despite what they have been taught in their classes
On May Day Celebrate Capitalism (May 1, 2003)
May Day will once again be celebrated by left-wing and environmentalist protestors united by a single emotion: a virulent hatred of capitalism, especially global capitalism. Why the hatred?
Live Free or Die: Giving Real Meaning to Veterans Day (November 11, 2002)
The best way we can honor our veterans and give real meaning to Veterans Day--aside from ceremonies honoring their past and present dedication and bravery--is to promise that we will go to war only when America's interests as a free nation are threatened.
The Meaning of Jack Welch's Cave-In (September 19, 2002)
Capitalism cannot survive unless businessmen stand up for their rights.
Congressional Hysteria Will Not Make Every Businessman Honest (July 26, 2002)
In response to the recent discoveries of dishonest practices at Enron and other companies, both houses of Congress have worked themselves up to a state of hysteria. They have written a slew of new business regulations, which are expected to be signed into law very soon, without holding extensive hearings, without having conducted serious legal research and without even having clearly identified the extent and causes of the current problems. Congress should have started by asking itself the following question: Why, despite a never-ending slew of new business regulations over the past 100 years--does business dishonesty still occur?
Anti-Globalization: The Left's Violent Assault on Global Prosperity (May 1, 2002)
May Day will see thousands of people in major cities all over the free world marching in the streets and no doubt engaging in violent demonstrations.
On Tax Day Thank the Rich and Support Lifting the Tax Yoke off Them (April 5, 2002)
Lowering taxes on the rich is a just step toward letting the productive keep what they earn rather than forcing them to support the nonproductive.
What We Should Remember on Martin Luther King Day (January 21, 2002)
On Martin Luther King Day--and every day--we should focus on the proper antidote to racism and the proper alternative to racial thinking: individualism. We need to teach our children and all our citizens to look beyond the superficialities of skin color and to judge people on what really matters, namely, "the content of their character."
Animal's "Rights" Versus Man's Rights: Animal "Rights" Activists Want to Sacrifice Man's Rights (August 1, 2000)
Animal "rights" advocates claim that they condemn man's use of animals because they believe in the "morality" of upholding animal rights. "Rights," however, can only be held by beings who are capable of reasoning and choosing. This excludes animals. The people who claim otherwise actually want to sacrifice man's rights -- and welfare -- to creatures who cannot think or grasp any concept, much less the concept of "morality."
Abolish Antitrust! (July 27, 2000)
The biggest threat to freedom in the market place is: antitrust law.
July Fourth Celebrates America's and the West's Core Values: Reason, Rights, and Science Are What Made America Great (July 4, 2000)
Why should we celebrate the Fourth of July?
Speech on Elián Gonzalez in Washington, D.C., Part 3 (May 10, 2000)
Let us address a deeper question: why do Clinton and Reno want Elián back in Cuba?
Speech on Elián Gonzalez in Washington, D.C., Part 2 (May 8, 2000)
The difference between Cuba and America is not just a matter of lifestyle, as some have claimed. It is not a difference like that between Republicans and Democrats.
Speech on Elián Gonzalez in Washington, D.C., Part 1 (May 5, 2000)
On July 4, 1776 America's Founding Fathers identified the fundamental moral principle on which our country was based. This principle was that every individual possessed the inalienable right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. The Founding Fathers also identified the proper role of government; it was to protect individual rights -- specifically, to protect individuals from the initiation of force by other people, including the government itself.
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