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Sam Kratzer joins the conversation today to share his views on moral relativism. Sam is a philosopher, a husband, and a father of twins. He's a long time friend of mine and in this episode, we dig deep into philosophy.How is truth constructed?What's dangerous about Ayn Rand's Objectivism, what's dangerous about moral relativism, and what does philosophy reveal about life and the psyche?We discuss the principled approach to viewing consumption, why absolute claims are hard to prove, and why Dawkins is an atrocious theologian but a luminescent biologist.Sam explains why he is motivated by results and why that makes him a utilitarian.We tip-toe into understanding the Trump base and why it feels good to be part of a group.Tiger King comes up, AGAIN!"I'm fairly uncomfortable with strong forms of relativism—they're a little dangerous.""It's easier to be unconscious.""I think a lot of people are profoundly insecure in their own beliefs.""The scariest thing in the world to us is someone who is smart and well-intentioned and believes the exact opposite of what we do.""I have to believe that anyone who disagrees with me is either evil or stupid or both because I cannot imagine anything scarier than that not being trie because that means that I might be wrong.""We prefer nefarious order rather than chaos" and that's why we gravitate toward "conspiracy theories."Alvin Plantinga, echo chambers, dualism and more.Enjoy the show.
We deal with an article written in light of Ayn Rand's Objectivism. This is Part 1 of at least 2 we will do on this article and subject.
Gary Chartier is Associate Dean and Professor of Law and Business Ethics at La Sierra University and a Senior Fellow at the Center for a Stateless Society (C4SS). On the show, we map the entire libertarian spectrum! Listen as we discuss classical liberalism; the Libertarian Party; Ayn Rand's Objectivism; Murray Rothbard's anarcho-capitalism; the individual anarchists Benjamin Tucker, Lysander Spooner and Max Stirner; Henry George and the geolibertarians; PJ Proudhon's mutualism; the syndicalist tradition as represented by George Orwell and Noam Chomsky; and the anarcho-communists Mikhail Bakunin; Peter Kropotkin and Emma Goldman. Support our show by becoming a patron for just $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/primonutmeg Subscribe to PRIMO NUTMEG on YouTube, SoundCloud and iTunes ! https://www.primonutmeg.com/ https://youtube.com/c/primonutmeg/ https://soundcloud.com/primonutmeg https://facebook.com/primonutmeg/ https://twitter.com/primonutmeg/ https://instagram.com/primonutmeg/Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/primonutmeg)
Should Ayn Rand be taken seriously? She created a philosophy called "Objectivism", but until recent years, it hasn't been gotten much attention from professional philosophers. How does Objectivism answer basic questions in epistemology and metaphysics? To help me learn, I've invited Dr. David Kelley to come on the show. He's the founder of the Atlas Society and has been promoting Objectivism for more than 25 years.
Dr. Andrew Bernstein is PhDis a proponent of Ayn Rand's Objectivism, an author, and a professor of philosophy . He is the author of The Capitalist Manifesto: The Historic, Economic, and Philosophic Case for Laissez-FaireCapitalism Unbound: The Incontestable Case for Individual Rightsand Objectivism in One Lesson, as well as a novel, Heart of a Pagan. He is affiliated with the Ayn Rand Institute and the Ayn Rand advocacy organization, New York Heroes Society, and is known for his public defense of Objectivism and laissez fairecapitalism. He has lectured at many prestgious colleges and universities and tonite you are going to listen to him live at MSU Guests: Arshak Benlian (student from Communist Bulgaria) Dr. Andrew Bernstein This show is sponsored by campusteaparties.com Log onto campusteaparties.com/blog/