Ayn Rand InstituteIn this episode of New Ideal Live, Onkar Ghate and Nikos Sotirakopoulos discuss Milton Friedman’s impact as a public intellectual and how his advocacy of the free market differed from Ayn Rand’s radical philosophical case for capitalism.
Among the topics covered:
● Why Milton Friedman is an essentially positive influence on free market thought; ● How Friedman’s moral conventionality reinforced the ideas he tried to oppose; ● The importance of stating the ideal when advocating for gradual reform; ● Why questions of morality are at the root of economic issues; ● How Friedman’s amoralism and pragmatism blinded him to the statists’ motivation; ● Ayn Rand’s critical evaluation of Friedman; ● Why the abolitionist movement is a model for moving the world toward freedom.
0:00:00 Introduction 0:01:25 Friedman’s positive influence 0:06:32 Consequences of moral conventionality 0:17:30 Stating the ideal 0:29:58 Morality at the root of economic issues 0:37:49 Friedman’s amoralism and pragmatism 0:45:12 Rand’s critical evaluation of Friedman 0:51:22 The model of the abolitionist movement
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Milton Friedman vs Ayn Rand: How To Change the WorldAyn Rand Institute2024-05-02 | In this episode of New Ideal Live, Onkar Ghate and Nikos Sotirakopoulos discuss Milton Friedman’s impact as a public intellectual and how his advocacy of the free market differed from Ayn Rand’s radical philosophical case for capitalism.
Among the topics covered:
● Why Milton Friedman is an essentially positive influence on free market thought; ● How Friedman’s moral conventionality reinforced the ideas he tried to oppose; ● The importance of stating the ideal when advocating for gradual reform; ● Why questions of morality are at the root of economic issues; ● How Friedman’s amoralism and pragmatism blinded him to the statists’ motivation; ● Ayn Rand’s critical evaluation of Friedman; ● Why the abolitionist movement is a model for moving the world toward freedom.
0:00:00 Introduction 0:01:25 Friedman’s positive influence 0:06:32 Consequences of moral conventionality 0:17:30 Stating the ideal 0:29:58 Morality at the root of economic issues 0:37:49 Friedman’s amoralism and pragmatism 0:45:12 Rand’s critical evaluation of Friedman 0:51:22 The model of the abolitionist movement
Explore these ideas further! ARI's online publication, New Ideal, explores pressing cultural issues from the perspective of Ayn Rand’s philosophy, Objectivism: newideal.aynrand.org Join an upcoming virtual or in-person event: ari.aynrand.org/events Visit ARI’s website for more about our content and programs: ari.aynrand.orgPollution and Government Regulation: Ayn Rands ViewAyn Rand Institute2024-05-11 | Listen to Ayn Rand’s lecture on environmentalism, “The Anti-Industrial Revolution”. youtube.com/watch?v=6oECRsiTSL0
This was Ayn Rand's answer to a question following her lecture, Apollo and Dionysus.
Question: Should government control pollution?
TIMESTAMPS (00:00) - Intro (00:10) - Should government control pollution?
Ayn Rand, “Apollo and Dionysus,” Ford Hall Forum, 1969
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Among the topics covered: • How the divestment crusade is animated by hatred of Israel, not concern for the Palestinians; • The dishonest claim that Israel practices apartheid; • How the protesters whitewash Hamas' vicious treatment of homosexuals; • Why Christianity is the root of the celebration of Palestinian weakness and the hatred of Israeli prosperity; • The US government's outrageous financial support for corrupt organizations; • Why the violation of Palestinians’ rights by some fanatical Jews doesn’t amount to apartheid.
0:00:00 Introduction 0:00:53 Hatred of Israel 0:10:49 Dishonest claim of Israel’s apartheid 0:20:50 Whitewashing Hamas’s treatment of homosexuals 0:31:06 Christian roots of pro-Palestinian and anti-Israeli stance 0:41:51 US financial support for corrupt organizations 0:46:50 Fanatical Jews’ violation of rights isn’t apartheid
Read the beginning of Elan Journo’s book about Israel-Palestine here, for free: bit.ly/3QABEO2Capitalism has been unjustly attacked #aynrand #capitalism #politics #justice #objectivismAyn Rand Institute2024-05-07 | Ayn Rand’s defense of capitalism is unprecedented. Learn more about Ayn Rand and her philosophy: aynrand.org/learnmore
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The Galileo Affair is widely viewed as the classic example of a scientific genius being persecuted by religious dogmatists. Yet, in recent decades, some philosophers and historians of science have put forward a new interpretation that defends the Church’s position philosophically and puts (at least some of) the blame for the conflict on Galileo. Is there any merit to this view? What actually led to Galileo’s persecution, censorship, trial, and house arrest? To address these questions, this talk examines the Galileo Affair in detail.
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Explore these ideas further! ARI's online publication, New Ideal, explores pressing cultural issues from the perspective of Ayn Rand’s philosophy, Objectivism: newideal.aynrand.org Join an upcoming virtual or in-person event: ari.aynrand.org/events Visit ARI’s website for more about our content and programs: ari.aynrand.orgPro-Hamas Protestors Dont Care About Oppression | New Ideal PodcastAyn Rand Institute2024-05-04 | Pro-Hamas protestors' silence on Iran reveals their lack of genuine concern for the oppressed. As Onkar and Ben explain, their selective outrage exposes their true motives: undermining free nations rather than fighting injustice. Watch the full video here: youtube.com/watch?v=6O0HkJbbj4E
Explore these ideas further! ARI's online publication, New Ideal, explores pressing cultural issues from the perspective of Ayn Rand’s philosophy, Objectivism: newideal.aynrand.org Join an upcoming virtual or in-person event: ari.aynrand.org/events Visit ARI’s website for more about our content and programs: ari.aynrand.orgAltruism is incompatible with freedom #aynrand #capitalism #objectivism #altruism #totalitarianismAyn Rand Institute2024-05-04 | Altruism can only lead to totalitarian dictatorship. Learn more about Ayn Rand and her philosophy: aynrand.org/learnmore
Explore these ideas further! ARI's online publication, New Ideal, explores pressing cultural issues from the perspective of Ayn Rand’s philosophy, Objectivism: newideal.aynrand.org Join an upcoming virtual or in-person event: ari.aynrand.org/events Visit ARI’s website for more about our content and programs: ari.aynrand.orgIs There a Right To Die? Ayn Rand AnswersAyn Rand Institute2024-05-03 | Listen to Ayn Rand’s full lecture: “Of Living Death.” youtube.com/watch?v=6oECRsiTSL0
This was Ayn Rand's answer to a question following a lecture.
Question: Does the individual have the right to choose suicide or euthanasia?
TIMESTAMPS (00:00) - Intro (00:10) - Does the individual have the right to choose suicide or euthanasia?
Ayn Rand, “Of Living Death,” Ford Hall Forum, 1968
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Explore these ideas further! ARI's online publication, New Ideal, explores pressing cultural issues from the perspective of Ayn Rand’s philosophy, Objectivism: newideal.aynrand.org Join an upcoming virtual or in-person event: ari.aynrand.org/events Visit ARI’s website for more about our content and programs: ari.aynrand.orgCapitalism vs. Socialism is today’s conflict #aynrand #capitalism #objectivism #justiceAyn Rand Institute2024-04-27 | Ayn Rand’s defense of capitalism is unparalleled. Learn more about Ayn Rand and her philosophy: aynrand.org/learnmore
Explore these ideas further! ARI's online publication, New Ideal, explores pressing cultural issues from the perspective of Ayn Rand’s philosophy, Objectivism: newideal.aynrand.org Join an upcoming virtual or in-person event: ari.aynrand.org/events Visit ARI’s website for more about our content and programs: ari.aynrand.orgAltruism Kills Self-Esteem: Ayn Rand ExplainsAyn Rand Institute2024-04-26 | Listen to the full interview of Ayn Rand on “The Psychology of Altruism.” youtube.com/watch?v=IJlEY9RYh-M
This was Ayn Rand's answer to a question during a radio interview on the psychology of altruism.
Question: What are the psychological effects of altruism?
TIMESTAMPS (00:00) - Intro (00:10) - What are the psychological effects of altruism?
“The Psychology of Altruism.” Columbia University WKCR, 1964
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Explore these ideas further! ARI's online publication, New Ideal, explores pressing cultural issues from the perspective of Ayn Rand’s philosophy, Objectivism: newideal.aynrand.org Join an upcoming virtual or in-person event: ari.aynrand.org/events Visit ARI’s website for more about our content and programs: ari.aynrand.orgThe Outrageous Public Support for the Pro-Hamas ProtestsAyn Rand Institute2024-04-25 | In this episode of New Ideal Live, Onkar Ghate and Ben Bayer discuss the protests on university campuses against Israel’s war of self-defense and what they say about the state of our culture.
Among the topics covered:
● Why the anti-Israeli campus protests are rightly labelled as being pro-Hamas; ● How there is a double standard in the public’s response to mass protests in general; ● How the anti-Israeli protests are motivated by altruism and hatred of Israel’s success; ● Why the campus protests are a crisis of education rather than of free speech; ● How the mass occupation of public spaces violate our rights.
0:00:00 Introduction 0:00:50 Campus protests are pro-Hamas 0:09:39 Double standard in the public’s response 0:20:36 Altruism and hatred of Israel’s success 0:32:18 Campus protests as crisis of education 0:45:05 Mass occupation violates our rightsRare Recording: Ayn Rand In ActionAyn Rand Institute2024-04-23 | Listen to the interview here: youtu.be/BiCjzMIuDPY
“Our guest is one of the most widely discussed figures on the contemporary intellectual scene,” said famed talk-show host Michael R. Jackson as he introduced Ayn Rand to his radio audience. What came next was a fiery interview that featured Rand as you’ve never heard her before—answering challenging and sometimes confrontational questions from the host and call-in listeners.
The Ayn Rand Institute is thrilled to rebroadcast this unrepeatable interview and share it with a new audience. We will host a live watch party with a preview where we’ll discuss the history of the interview along with some teasers about its highlights and heated moments.
You’ll hear Ayn Rand’s responses to questions such as:
Why do you object to moral grayness? Doesn’t being an atheist ever leave you lonely? What do you think of the US policy in Vietnam? What do you think of capital punishment? Did capitalism cause the Depression of 1929?
As one caller told the host, “I want to say I’ve learned more in the past 2 minutes than in the past 5 years of intensive study on my part.”
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“Our guest is one of the most widely discussed figures on the contemporary intellectual scene,” said famed talk-show host Michael R. Jackson as he introduced Ayn Rand to his radio audience. What came next was a fiery interview that featured Rand as you’ve never heard her before—answering challenging and sometimes confrontational questions from the host and call-in listeners.
The Ayn Rand Institute is thrilled to rebroadcast this unrepeatable interview and share it with a new audience. We will host a live watch party with a preview where we’ll discuss the history of the interview along with some teasers about its highlights and heated moments.
You’ll hear Ayn Rand’s responses to questions such as:
Why do you object to moral grayness? Doesn’t being an atheist ever leave you lonely? What do you think of the US policy in Vietnam? What do you think of capital punishment? Did capitalism cause the Depression of 1929?
As one caller told the host, “I want to say I’ve learned more in the past 2 minutes than in the past 5 years of intensive study on my part.”
Explore these ideas further! ARI's online publication, New Ideal, explores pressing cultural issues from the perspective of Ayn Rand’s philosophy, Objectivism: newideal.aynrand.org Join an upcoming virtual or in-person event: ari.aynrand.org/events Visit ARI’s website for more about our content and programs: ari.aynrand.orgCapitalism Is the Ideal Social System #aynrand #capitalism #objectivism #freedom #justiceAyn Rand Institute2024-04-23 | Ayn Rand’s defense of capitalism is unparalleled. Learn more about Ayn Rand and her philosophy: aynrand.org/learnmore
Explore these ideas further! ARI's online publication, New Ideal, explores pressing cultural issues from the perspective of Ayn Rand’s philosophy, Objectivism: newideal.aynrand.org Join an upcoming virtual or in-person event: ari.aynrand.org/events Visit ARI’s website for more about our content and programs: ari.aynrand.orgYour Independent, Heroic JourneyAyn Rand Institute2024-04-22 | By Tal Tsfany
Join us for a brief Independence Day celebration followed by an interactive Happiness Team workshop preview led by ARI CEO Tal Tsfany. Happiness Team is a life-changing workshop and accountability team, aimed to systematize the pursuit of happiness using Ayn Rand’s deep, life-serving discoveries. In this session, you’ll get started on the road to understanding who you are, what you want and how to get it. You’ll come away with a workbook of exercises and actionable practices for leveraging Objectivism toward achieving your own, independent happiness. Every journey begins with a single step. Take yours.
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Explore these ideas further! ARI's online publication, New Ideal, explores pressing cultural issues from the perspective of Ayn Rand’s philosophy, Objectivism: newideal.aynrand.org Join an upcoming virtual or in-person event: ari.aynrand.org/events Visit ARI’s website for more about our content and programs: ari.aynrand.orgThe Downward Spiral of Tribalism | New Ideal PodcastAyn Rand Institute2024-04-22 | Tribalism creates a vicious circle in which groups resort to mass demonstrations to get their way politically, leading to a breakdown in rational discussion. Onkar and Elan discuss how this impacts issues like abortion, immigration, and the economy. Watch the full video here: youtube.com/watch?v=XeuU6AbIDOo
Explore these ideas further! ARI's online publication, New Ideal, explores pressing cultural issues from the perspective of Ayn Rand’s philosophy, Objectivism: newideal.aynrand.org Join an upcoming virtual or in-person event: ari.aynrand.org/events Visit ARI’s website for more about our content and programs: ari.aynrand.orgThe U.S. has Appeased Iran for DecadesAyn Rand Institute2024-04-20 | Since 9/11 the Ayn Rand Institute has argued that the Iranian regime — not Iraq or Afghanistan — is central to the Islamic totalitarian movement. Because of an evasive, appeasing policy, America has encouraged Iranian aggression — against the U.S. and Israel. Learn more by reading this FREE excerpt from Elan Journo's book: aynrand.org/failing-to-confront-islamic-totalitarianism-free-introduction
Explore these ideas further! ARI's online publication, New Ideal, explores pressing cultural issues from the perspective of Ayn Rand’s philosophy, Objectivism: newideal.aynrand.org Join an upcoming virtual or in-person event: ari.aynrand.org/events Visit ARI’s website for more about our content and programs: ari.aynrand.orgThe Nature of Capitalism #aynrand #capitalism #politics #justice #objectivismAyn Rand Institute2024-04-20 | Ayn Rand’s defense of capitalism is unparalleled. Learn more about Ayn Rand and her philosophy: aynrand.org/learnmore
Explore these ideas further! ARI's online publication, New Ideal, explores pressing cultural issues from the perspective of Ayn Rand’s philosophy, Objectivism: newideal.aynrand.org Join an upcoming virtual or in-person event: ari.aynrand.org/events Visit ARI’s website for more about our content and programs: ari.aynrand.orgAbortion Rights are Absolute: Ayn Rand ExplainsAyn Rand Institute2024-04-19 | Read more about Ayn Rand’s position on abortion in her essay “Of Living Death.” courses.aynrand.org/works/of-living-death
Explore these ideas further! ARI's online publication, New Ideal, explores pressing cultural issues from the perspective of Ayn Rand’s philosophy, Objectivism: newideal.aynrand.org Join an upcoming virtual or in-person event: ari.aynrand.org/events Visit ARI’s website for more about our content and programs: ari.aynrand.orgIsrael’s Retaliation Against Iran?Ayn Rand Institute2024-04-19 | Elan Journo offers a brief commentary on Israel’s response so far to the Iranian regime’s drone attack. Recorded April 19, 2024.
Explore these ideas further! ARI's online publication, New Ideal, explores pressing cultural issues from the perspective of Ayn Rand’s philosophy, Objectivism: newideal.aynrand.org Join an upcoming virtual or in-person event: ari.aynrand.org/events Visit ARI’s website for more about our content and programs: ari.aynrand.orgWhy Do Philosophers Keep Getting Ayn Rand Wrong?Ayn Rand Institute2024-04-18 | In this episode of New Ideal Live, Mike Mazza and Aaron Smith discuss Mazza’s recently published article about why academic philosophers tend to get Rand’s ideas wrong so frequently and the parochialism involved in many of their critiques.
Among the topics covered:
● What Mazza aimed to explain in this article; ● Why responding to academic critics is important; ● What it means for philosophers to engage in parochialism; ● How the methods of academic philosophers are poorly suited to understanding Rand; ● The inductive structure of Rand’s arguments; ● The multiple factors behind philosophers’ dismissal of Rand’s ideas; ● Why the parochialism issue is particularly important to identify; ● Why historians of philosophy tend not to make the mistake of parochialism; ● How even Objectivists can be parochial and what they should do to avoid it.
0:00:00 Introduction 0:00:48 The aim of Mazza’s article 0:05:34 Importance of responding to academics 0:12:15 Engaging in parochialism 0:18:18 Limits of academic philosophers’ methods 0:25:29 Inductive structure of Rand’s arguments 0:28:07 Factors behind dismissal of Rand’s ideas 0:37:08 Identifying the parochialism issue 0:41:34 Historians of philosophy and parochialism 50:06 Avoiding one’s own parochialism
Explore these ideas further! ARI's online publication, New Ideal, explores pressing cultural issues from the perspective of Ayn Rand’s philosophy, Objectivism: newideal.aynrand.org Join an upcoming virtual or in-person event: ari.aynrand.org/events Visit ARI’s website for more about our content and programs: ari.aynrand.orgCalifornias Ethnic Studies Harms Students Education | New Ideal PodcastAyn Rand Institute2024-04-14 | California's ethnic studies curriculum teaches students to judge "narratives" based on whom they supposedly benefit or hurt rather than their truthfulness. Sam and Nikos argue that this approach promotes tribalism and is detrimental to students' education. Watch the full video here: youtube.com/watch?v=Xh0xF5hACkw
Explore these ideas further! ARI's online publication, New Ideal, explores pressing cultural issues from the perspective of Ayn Rand’s philosophy, Objectivism: newideal.aynrand.org Join an upcoming virtual or in-person event: ari.aynrand.org/events Visit ARI’s website for more about our content and programs: ari.aynrand.orgIran attacks IsraelAyn Rand Institute2024-04-13 | In this episode of New Ideal Live, Elan Journo offers initial commentary on Iran’s April 13 attack on Israel.
Among the topics covered:
● How Iran’s attack on Israel is a consequence of its Islamic and imperial nature; ● How America’s failure to recognise and confront Iran’s nature emboldens it; ● Why America and Israel are morally justified in replacing Iran’s evil regime.
0:00:00 Introduction 0:00:25 Iran’s Islamic and imperial nature 0:9:28 America’s failure to confront Iran 0:16:08 Replacing Iran’s regime as morally justified
For more commentary on this issue, read the beginning of Elan Journo’s book here, for free: bit.ly/3QABEO2 Elan Journo offers initial commentary on Iran's strike on Israel, April 13, 2024. ARI’s resources on Israel, Palestine, and the Middle East (bit.ly/arimideastresources).
𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘑𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘋𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴 by Elan Journo explains the essential nature of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, what has fueled it for so long, and what justice demands of us to solve it. Get your copy here: amzn.to/3s26aXp
He is a senior editor of ARI's journal New Ideal and his books include What Justice Demands: America and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict and Failing to Confront Islamic Totalitarianism: What Went Wrong after 9/11.
Explore these ideas further! ARI's online publication, New Ideal, explores pressing cultural issues from the perspective of Ayn Rand’s philosophy, Objectivism: newideal.aynrand.org Join an upcoming virtual or in-person event: ari.aynrand.org/events Visit ARI’s website for more about our content and programs: ari.aynrand.orgU.N. Neutrality Enables Evil Regimes | New Ideal PodcastAyn Rand Institute2024-04-13 | The UN's open-door policy allows dictatorial and theocratic regimes to gain credibility and power within the organization. Elan and Ben explain how its neutrality enables evil. Watch the full video here: youtube.com/watch?v=L3RBJNhglek
Explore these ideas further! ARI's online publication, New Ideal, explores pressing cultural issues from the perspective of Ayn Rand’s philosophy, Objectivism: newideal.aynrand.org Join an upcoming virtual or in-person event: ari.aynrand.org/events Visit ARI’s website for more about our content and programs: ari.aynrand.orgMonopolies Dont Happen Under Capitalism: Ayn Rand ExplainsAyn Rand Institute2024-04-12 | Read Ayn Rand’s book Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal aynrand.org/cui-mom
Explore these ideas further! ARI's online publication, New Ideal, explores pressing cultural issues from the perspective of Ayn Rand’s philosophy, Objectivism: newideal.aynrand.org Join an upcoming virtual or in-person event: ari.aynrand.org/events Visit ARI’s website for more about our content and programs: ari.aynrand.orgThe 2024 ElectionsAyn Rand Institute2024-04-12 | In this episode of New Ideal Live, Onkar Ghate and Elan Journo give a preview of ARI’s 2024 presidential election coverage and comment on some of the major political issues at stake in the election.
Among the topics covered: ● How ARI uses Objectivism to analyze elections and the wider political culture; ● What the Trump phenomenon says about the state of our political culture; ● The unprincipled nature of the political responses to recent domestic and foreign crises; ● Symptoms of growing political tribalism, such as people’s increasing willingness to protest; ● How bipartisan attacks on tech companies reveal a deeper turn against producers.
0:00:00 Introduction 0:00:21 Using Objectivism to analyze politics 0:10:34 The Trump phenomenon 0:16:18 Lack of principles in political responses to crises 0:25:13 Growing political tribalism 0:29:22 Bipartisan turn against producersAnalyzing Javier Milei’s Interview at AynRandConAyn Rand Institute2024-04-09 | In this episode of New Ideal Live, Onkar Ghate and Elan Journo analyze Argentinian President Javier Milei’s interview at AynRandCon in Buenos Aires.
Among the topics covered:
● How the event fell short of ARI’s goal of illuminating points of agreement and disagreement with Milei; ● How to evaluate Milei as a President, considering his strange statements about abortion and his mysticism; ● The contradiction between Milei’s ostensible rejection of collectivism and his administration's position on a military draft; ●How Milei’s motivation for anarchism is easier to excuse than that of other libertarians; ● Milei’s troubling rhetoric targeting journalists and dismissal of criticism; ● What is right and wrong about Milei’s defense of producers; ● Ayn Rand’s possible influence on Milei’s thinking about the nihilistic motivation of socialism.
The podcast was recorded on April 8, 2024. Listen and subscribe from your mobile device on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify or Stitcher. Watch archived podcasts here.
0:00:00 Introduction 0:00:15 Falling short of ARI’s goals 0:17:11 Evaluating Milei on abortion and mysticism 0:36:06 Milei on right vs. military draft 0:41:36 Milei’s motivation for anarchism 0:50:41 Journalists’ criticism of Milei 1:04:30 Milei’s mixed defense of producers 1:15:20 Rand’s possible influence on MileiRepublicans Fail to Oppose Bidens Price Controls | New Ideal PodcastAyn Rand Institute2024-04-09 | Republicans are mostly silent on Biden's statist economic policies, focusing instead on tribal issues like border control. Ben and Nikos argue that both parties share the blame for the current situation. Watch the full video here: youtube.com/watch?v=iTvoxqlq9x4
Explore these ideas further! ARI's online publication, New Ideal, explores pressing cultural issues from the perspective of Ayn Rand’s philosophy, Objectivism: newideal.aynrand.org Join an upcoming virtual or in-person event: ari.aynrand.org/events Visit ARI’s website for more about our content and programs: ari.aynrand.orgIsn’t Everyone Selfish? Ayn Rand’s AnswerAyn Rand Institute2024-04-05 | Listen to the full interview of Ayn Rand: “The Psychology of Altruism.” youtube.com/watch?v=IJlEY9RYh-M
This was Ayn Rand's answer to a question asked during a radio interview on altruism.
Question: Aren’t altruistic values selfish, since they are held as values of one’s own?
TIMESTAMPS (00:00) - Intro (00:10) - Aren’t altruistic values selfish, since they are held as values of one’s own?
Ayn Rand at Columbia University WKCR, “The Psychology of Altruism.”
Explore these ideas further! ARI's online publication, New Ideal, explores pressing cultural issues from the perspective of Ayn Rand’s philosophy, Objectivism: newideal.aynrand.org Join an upcoming virtual or in-person event: ari.aynrand.org/events Visit ARI’s website for more about our content and programs: ari.aynrand.orgWhat’s Wrong with California’s Ethnic Studies Mandate?Ayn Rand Institute2024-04-05 | In this episode of New Ideal Live, Sam Weaver and Nikos Sotirakopoulos discuss the recent California ethnic studies mandate. They evaluate the ideological nature of the curriculum and its assault on knowledge, the philosophical ideas that made it possible, and why it must be opposed intellectually.
Among the topics covered: ● How ethnic studies emerged from an activist assault on the idea of objective truth; ● Evidence that the proposed curriculum is non-objective; ● How lessons on "narratives" encourage prejudice among students; ● The egalitarian roots of the curriculum and its elevation of the primitive over science; ● Why the government monopoly on education causes violations of intellectual freedom. Recommended in this podcast are Ayn Rand’s essays “Global Balkanization,” (courses.aynrand.org/works/global-balkanization) “The Age of Envy,” (aynrand.org/novels/return-of-the-primitive-exp-edition-of-the-new-left) and “Fairness Doctrine for Education,” (aynrand.org/novels/philosophy-who-needs-it) as well as the previous podcast episode “Political Battles Over Education.” (youtu.be/TzpR_UUdAvk)
The podcast was recorded on April 4, 2024.
0:00:00 Introduction 0:00:31 Ethnic studies against objective truth 0:11:07 Non-objectivity of the proposed curriculum 0:24:04 “Narratives” encourage prejudice 0:38:26 Egalitarianism against science 0:52:47 Government monopoly and intellectual freedomThe Man Biting the Hands of Creators Who Feed the WorldAyn Rand Institute2024-04-02 | Occasionally we write about what we’re currently reading, watching or listening to—not at the level of a full review, but simply to point out arguments, perspectives and issues worth considering. This is one of those articles.
Explore these ideas further! ARI's online publication, New Ideal, explores pressing cultural issues from the perspective of Ayn Rand’s philosophy, Objectivism: newideal.aynrand.org Join an upcoming virtual or in-person event: ari.aynrand.org/events Visit ARI’s website for more about our content and programs: ari.aynrand.orgAntitrust Laws Threaten Apple for Its Success | New Ideal PodcastAyn Rand Institute2024-03-30 | The DOJ's case against Apple is just the latest example of how antitrust laws are used to target successful companies. Onkar and Elan argue that this arbitrary power is crippling tech innovation. Watch the full video here: youtube.com/watch?v=UPHqvTkKFcA
Explore these ideas further! ARI's online publication, New Ideal, explores pressing cultural issues from the perspective of Ayn Rand’s philosophy, Objectivism: newideal.aynrand.org Join an upcoming virtual or in-person event: ari.aynrand.org/events Visit ARI’s website for more about our content and programs: ari.aynrand.org‘Moderates’ vs. ‘Extremists’: Ayn Rand’s ViewAyn Rand Institute2024-03-29 | Listen to the full interview of Ayn Rand titled “The Enemies of ‘Extremism’” youtube.com/watch?v=sFRiekU6nP8
This was Ayn Rand’s answer to a question during a radio interview about “extremism.”
Question: Is it good to be a moderate?
TIMESTAMPS (00:00) - Intro (00:10) - Could you tell me what a "moderate" is? (00:51) - Is it good to be a "moderate"?
Columbia University WKCR, “The Enemies of ‘Extremism’,” 1964.
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Among the topics covered:
● The fact that Hamas seeks to destroy Israel because it is a bastion of civilization; ● Why the UN resolution is a pro-Hamas document; ● How the UN’s policy of moral neutrality enables evil regimes; ● Why the United States is morally complicit in whitewashing Hamas; ● Trump and Biden’s unprincipled support for Israel; ● Why defeating Hamas requires the ideological deprogramming of the Palestinian population.
0:00:00 Introduction 0:00:26 Hamas as against civilization 0:03:34 UN resolution is pro-Hamas 0:11:57 UN’s moral neutrality 0:20:14 The United States’ complicity 0:29:11 Unprincipled support for Israel 0:35:18 Deprogramming of the PalestiniansDefend Apple against the DOJAyn Rand Institute2024-03-22 | In this special episode of New Ideal Live, Onkar Ghate and Elan Journo discuss the recent announcement of the U.S. Department of Justice’s antitrust case against Apple and analyze the injustice of criminalizing a company for giving customers an experience they want.
Among the topics covered:
● Why the DOJ’s antitrust case against Apple is significant to all American business; ● How Apple is targeted because of its business success, not its failures; ● How antitrust is destructive by design and how it stifled Microsoft; ● Ayn Rand’s analysis of antitrust as the “rule of unreason”; ● Why you should call your legislator if you support businesses like Apple.
0:00:00 Introduction 0:00:11 American business and the case against Apple 0:06:54 Targeting Apple’s success, not failures 0:18:37 Destructiveness of antitrust 0:24:38 Antitrust as the “rule of unreason” 0:29:40 Call your legislator to support businesses
Explore these ideas further! ARI's online publication, New Ideal, explores pressing cultural issues from the perspective of Ayn Rand’s philosophy, Objectivism: newideal.aynrand.org Join an upcoming virtual or in-person event: ari.aynrand.org/events Visit ARI’s website for more about our content and programs: ari.aynrand.orgAyn Rand on the Dangers of Moral GraynessAyn Rand Institute2024-03-22 | Read Ayn Rand’s essay, “The Cult of Moral Grayness” on the necessity of thinking in terms of black and white. courses.aynrand.org/works/the-cult-of-moral-grayness
This was Ayn Rand's answer to a radio show host’s question about her essay, “The Cult of Moral Grayness.”
Question: Why do you object to moral grayness?
TIMESTAMPS (00:00) - Intro (00:11) - Why do you object to moral grayness?
Radio interview with Michael Jackson, January 4, 1966 Courtesy of KNX News 97.1 FM. ____________________
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Among the topics covered: • How both Democrats and Republicans are hostile to immigration; • How the rights of American citizens are infringed by the immigration system; • How Americans, individually, welcome immigrants despite political fearmongering; • Biden's unserious focus on tougher security over free economic migration; • Why a concern with individual criminals entering the country is not an argument for restricting legal immigration; • The calculated dishonesty of Senator Katie Britt's response to Biden’s State of the Union Address; • Why Americans should work hard to protect their own thinking from tribalism.
The podcast was recorded on March 21, 2024.
0:00:00 Introduction 0:00:45 Democrats’ and Republicans’ hostility to immigration 0:05:12 The right of American citizens 0:16:26 Individual Americans welcome immigrants 0:24:10 Biden on security and free economic migration 0:34:33 Individual criminals and legal immigrations 0:47:05 Dishonesty of Katie Britt 1:00:45 Protecting one’s thinking from tribalismBiden Undermines Israels Right to Self-Defense | New Ideal PodcastAyn Rand Institute2024-03-16 | Despite claiming to support Israel, Biden and his administration undermine its right to self-defense by conveying a wrong moral view of the conflict. Elan and Ziemowit explain more. Watch the full video here: youtube.com/watch?v=SYvTdaE9zfI
Explore these ideas further! ARI's online publication, New Ideal, explores pressing cultural issues from the perspective of Ayn Rand’s philosophy, Objectivism: newideal.aynrand.org Join an upcoming virtual or in-person event: ari.aynrand.org/events Visit ARI’s website for more about our content and programs: ari.aynrand.orgPride as a Virtue: Ayn Rand ExplainsAyn Rand Institute2024-03-15 | Read Ayn Rand’s book The Virtue of Selfishness: A New Concept of Egoism aynrand.org/students/free-books/?sid=vos
This was Ayn Rand's answer to a question asked in a radio interview on the subject of why we need morality.
Question: What is Objectivism's view of the nature of pride and its moral status?
TIMESTAMPS (00:00) - Intro (00:11) - What is Objectivism's view of the nature of pride and its moral status?
“Morality and Why Man Requires It,” Columbia University WKCR, 1964. Digital copy courtesy of King Wiemann
Explore these ideas further! ARI's online publication, New Ideal, explores pressing cultural issues from the perspective of Ayn Rand’s philosophy, Objectivism: newideal.aynrand.org Join an upcoming virtual or in-person event: ari.aynrand.org/events Visit ARI’s website for more about our content and programs: ari.aynrand.orgBiden’s Price Control “Strike Force”Ayn Rand Institute2024-03-14 | In this episode of New Ideal Live, Ben Bayer and Nikos Sotirakopoulos examine President Biden’s State of the Union address and what it reveals about the goals of today’s political leadership. They discuss the anti-mind premise driving both political tribes and how it leads to statist policies that destroy wealth and create economic hardship.
Among the topics covered:
● Understanding the values of the current political leadership; ● Biden’s antipathy to the mind’s role in economic value creation; ● How contempt for the mind restricts and destroys the pharmaceutical industry; ● “Shrinkflation” as a distraction from the damage caused by anti-profit state policies; ● Statist policy effects on supply and demand as the cause of rising prices; ● How to think about “junk” fees and what underlies attacks on them; ● The true objective of Biden’s “Strike Force” as rule by fear and force; ● The anti-producer and anti-consumer motivations of Biden’s “Strike Force”; ● Why Republicans’ only response is to change the subject to the border crisis.
0:00:00 Introduction 0:00:52 Current political leadership’s values 0:02:33 Antipathy to mind’s role in creation 0:07:16 Destroying the pharmaceutical industry 0:13:50 “Shrinkflation” as a distraction 0:22:38 Statist policies causing rising prices 0:30:57 Attacks on “junk” fees 0:36:49 Rule by fear and force behind “Strike Force” 0:42:07 Biden’s anti-producer and anti-consumer motivations 0:44:49 Republicans’ only reponseEmbryos Do Not Have Individual Rights | New Ideal PodcastAyn Rand Institute2024-03-09 | For Ayn Rand, individual rights begin at an infant's birth. Ben and Agustina explain this is due to the role rights serve in protecting individual life. Watch the full video here: youtube.com/watch?v=TTntTkvIr3g
Explore these ideas further! ARI's online publication, New Ideal, explores pressing cultural issues from the perspective of Ayn Rand’s philosophy, Objectivism: newideal.aynrand.org Join an upcoming virtual or in-person event: ari.aynrand.org/events Visit ARI’s website for more about our content and programs: ari.aynrand.orgZack Snyder on The FountainheadAyn Rand Institute2024-03-09 | In this special episode of New Ideal Live, Elan Journo comments on Zack Snyder’s recent conversation with Joe Rogan about his admiration for Ayn Rand’s The Fountainhead and why his film adaptation was rejected by Netflix. Journo discusses why so many creators like Snyder find Rand’s novels so compelling yet she is still considered “taboo,” the philosophical motives behind the hostility towards Rand, and the immense value readers can get from her heroes.
Among the topics covered:
● Snyder's account of how the entertainment industry sees Rand as taboo; ● Why The Fountainhead resonates so much with active-minded audiences; ● What Snyder gets wrong about The Fountainhead’s origin story; ● Why intellectuals regard Rand as taboo; ● How Rand's heroes challenge our culture's deepest philosophical assumptions; ● The value readers can gain from Rand’s works.
0:00:00 Introduction 0:00:08 Snyder on Rand as taboo 0:03:24 The appeal of The Fountainhead 0:06:18 What Snyder gets wrong 0:9:17 Intellectuals regarding Rand as taboo 0:14:43 Rand’s heroes and our culture 0:23:03 Values gained from Rand’s works
Explore these ideas further! ARI's online publication, New Ideal, explores pressing cultural issues from the perspective of Ayn Rand’s philosophy, Objectivism: newideal.aynrand.org Join an upcoming virtual or in-person event: ari.aynrand.org/events Visit ARI’s website for more about our content and programs: ari.aynrand.orgConservatism vs. Objectivism: Ayn Rand Explains the DifferenceAyn Rand Institute2024-03-08 | Listen to Ayn Rand's interview “Conservatism vs. Objectivism” about the difference between American conservatism and Ayn Rand's philosophy. youtube.com/watch?v=Bia_ruwrVdY
Explore these ideas further! ARI's online publication, New Ideal, explores pressing cultural issues from the perspective of Ayn Rand’s philosophy, Objectivism: newideal.aynrand.org Join an upcoming virtual or in-person event: ari.aynrand.org/events Visit ARI’s website for more about our content and programs: ari.aynrand.orgHow Biden Subverts Israels War on HamasAyn Rand Institute2024-03-07 | In this episode of New Ideal Live, Elan Journo and Ziemowit Gowin discuss how the Biden administration’s altruistic foreign policy undermines Israel’s war of self-defense against Hamas.
Among the topics covered:
● How America’s inconsistent support of Israel subverts its war of self-defense; ● How the morality of altruism leads people to unjustly blame Israel for the fallout of Hamas’ attack; ● Why the altruistic decision to airdrop aid into Gaza amounts to enabling the enemy; ● Why calls for an Israeli-Hamas ceasefire are delusional and immoral; ● Why attempts at a “two-state solution” are among the causes of the current conflict; ● Why the conflict will continue if Israel does not decisively defeat Hamas.
0:00:00 Introduction 0:00:42 America’s inconsistent support of Israel 0:07:04 Altruism and blaming Israel 0:14:56 Airdrop aid into Gaza 0:22:05 Immoral calls for cease-fire 0:26:07 Evaluation of the “two-state solution” 0:34:22 The necessity of defeating HamasDoes Fear of God Ground Morality?Ayn Rand Institute2024-03-05 | In this special episode of New Ideal Live, Ben Bayer responds to a PragerU video which argues that moral wisdom requires a “fear of God.” Bayer argues that a fear of God undercuts moral wisdom and is driven by a fear of the intellectual independence that moral wisdom requires.
Among the topics covered:
● The proposal that a fear of God provides the basis for an objective morality; ● How the fear of God makes objective moral guidance impossible; ● Why being motivated by fear undercuts our love of moral wisdom and virtue; ● How faith is driven by a fear of the independence that moral wisdom requires.
0:00:00 Introduction 0:01:42 Fear of God and objective morality 0:04:50 Moral guidance 0:09:57 Motivation by fear 0:14:13 Faith and fear of independence
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