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In her first public appearance since husband Frank O'Connor's death, we see a rare personal side of Rand?" As always, the ideas do shine through: the acknowledgement of achievement; the evils of altruism; American schools sacrificing the gifted for the less gifted; the nationalization of American oil interests in the Middle East; the fatal arguments for the existence of God;... and much more.
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A response to Stefan Molyneux's video, in which he argues that Ayn Rand failed, in respect of her ethical system, to find a way to derive (a) what one "ought" to do, from (b) the facts of reality (i.e., what "is").
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According to the ethical philosophy of Ayn Rand, it is wrong to sacrifice oneself for others.
In this video, Paul McKeever answers a question put to him in an e-mail from a viewer: "Is it wrong to be a soldier or a police officer?"
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A response to witzkeyman's horrible smear on Ayn Rand.
Topics:
- Rand's position on charity
- context dropping
- smearing
- need does not justify theft, slavery or murder
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A continuation of my conversation with Luke12000 concerning the nature of art. In this part, I address Luke's position that it is okay to categorize art, but not to evaluate it. I explain - as well as can be done by me "on the fly" while driving - the three general theories of "the good": intrinsicist, subjectivist, and objectivist. Luke's view, I suggest, is subjectivist.
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At the forum celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged. Ed Snider, Chairman of Comcast gives his impressions on meeting and working with Rand and his thoughts on objectivism as it relates to the modern world.
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A response to sw33tliberty.
In her video, she says that Rand seems to be saying not to sacrifice life of ANY kind at all. sw33tliberty asks if this might be a flaw in Rand's philosophy because, clearly, one must sacrifice life to live (e.g., plant or animal life).
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