Objections to Objectivism: critiques of Ayn Rand from a moderate

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Critiques and learning about Ayn Rand's philosophy from a moderate point-of-view.

Patrick Szalapski


    • Apr 26, 2017 LATEST EPISODE
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    O2O E05 - The Will of Other Individuals - guest Zach Schmitt

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2017 25:02


    Do we need other individuals to override our will, our purpose, or our judgment in order to promote our own life? Does Ayn Rand simply overreact to postmodernism? Is Objectivism mostly modernism repackaged? Where does our understanding of reality come from? How well does Rand argue for Objectivism? How does Objectivism compare and contrast with Christian theology?

    O2O E04 - The Will of Society - guest Zach Schmitt

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2017 23:57


    Do individuals need the will and overriding judgment of others to be their best selves? Is there really, as Ayn Rand says, no place for society to override and correct my self-interest? Can I know myself well enough to assert my own will? Guest Zach Schmitt joins to help answer these questions and also tells us more of Ayn Rand's origins and contrasts her with Walker Percy and Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn.

    O2O E03 - Rational Self-Interest

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2017 30:09


    Is rational self-interest sufficient as a basis for morals and indeed all philosophy? What does Rand mean by rational self-interest? How must I decide what is rational? Is our rational self-interest often obvious? Is rational self-interest enforcable or at all self-enforcing? Is rational self-interest persuasive? Can it change the hearts of evil men, or at least lead them into less evil? Plus, taking potshots using Ayn Rand as ammo, and considering the context of the non-initiation-of-force principle.

    O2O E02 - The Non-Aggression Principle

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2017 24:09


    Is the non-aggression principle wise or naive? Can the idea that those who initiate force are always in the wrong be the foundation for all ethics? Plus, a Washington Post article by Jennifer Burns proclaims Ayn Rand's ideas dead.

    O2O E01 - Overview of Objectivism

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2017 17:46


    Objectivism is Ayn Rand's philosophy that she claims can be derived from Aristotle's basic axioms of logic, specifically, from the idea that A=A--that existence is identity. Reason, purpose, and self-esteem are paramount, and the meaning of life is to be happy through rational self-interest.

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