John Hospers Biography John Hospers was professor emeritus of philosophy at the University of Southern California. He was also the first Libertarian Party Presidential candidate in 1972. Videos See More John Hospers Looks Back at His Career John Hospers John Hospers on His Friendship with Ayn Rand John Hospers John Hospers Compares John Ross’s Unintended Consequences and Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged John Hospers John Hospers Reads Alexander Solzhenitsyn John Hospers The Sovietization of America John Hospers John Hospers on ‘Pure’ versus ‘Impure’ Libertarianism John Hospers John Hospers: From 1776 to 1984 John Hospers A Response to Norman Barry’s “Differing Foundations in Libertarian Thought” John Hospers, Geoffrey Sampson, Nigel Ashford, & Norman Barry