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Podcast Round Up – September 30

Here are this week’s episodes from the Objectivism related podcasts I try to listen to.  They are all great sources of information and insight on applying objectivist principles to everyday life.

The Objectivism Seminar

  • Free Market Revolution: The Regulatory State and Its Victims

Philosophy in Action with Dr. DIana Hsieh

  •  Keeping secrets
  • Choosing an ultimate end
  • Studying history
  • Moral blacks and whites
  • Rapid fire question on the government shutdown

Dr. Leonard Peikoff’s Podcast – Episode 289

  •  Giving an unearned passing grade because of pressure from university administration due to donations of the student’s parents
  • Why is Iago an excellent example of a nihilist instead of someone like a James Taggart in Atlas Shrugged?
  • Who is more despicable, criminals who initiate acts of aggression or the pacifists who condemn retaliatory violence?
  • Should the act of cutting off a man’s penis be a capital offense?
  • I am no longer in love with my wife and want to get a divorce but I am worried fear she will be become violent an harm herself or me if I do so.

If this is not enough for you to listen to, I’d also suggest checking out the Ayn Rand Institute eStore.  They have a pretty large selection of lectures available for purchase read more

Podcast Roundup for September 16

Here are links to this week’s podcasts that I find to be interesting and informative.

Philosophy in Action with Dr. Diana Hsieh

  • Identifying central purpose
  • Immanuel Kant on sex
  • Becoming an educated voter
  • Atheists patronizing religious businesses

The Objectivism Seminar

  • Continuing discussion on “Free Market Revolution”
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What I Did on My Vacation – Food, Part 2

I had intended to start in on costs for food, but I realized that a better place to begin this time is on food quality.  It does not matter much if your food is cheaper if it is poor quality as well.

As I mentioned in part 1, no one would argue that if you pick your own produce or get it from a nearby neighbor, farm stand, or farmers market you will in general get better quality, in terms of taste and nutrition, food than what you can generally find in the local supermarket.  This is almost entirely read more

Yaron Brook on Leonard Peikoff’s Podcast – Foreign Policy

I really enjoy listening to Leonard Peikoff’s podcasts,  both when Dr Peikoff covers philosophy and morality and when Dr Brook covers polics, economics, and foreign polocy.

This week Yaron Brook answers more questions on foreign policy on episode 285 of Leonard Peikoff’s podcast. Topics include:

Why does the United States not allow India to do what is necessary to protect itself from terrorists who gain support from Pakistan?
Muslims in the US and UK
Guantanamo Bay

At the end he recommended read more

Objectivism vs “Raw Greed”

I was asked on Twitter the other day to explain the difference between Objectivism and raw greed.  Twitter is not really a good platform to answer such a question, but my attempt was two tweets:

short and incomplete answer: time frame. Objectivism=long range, lifetime view; “pure greed”=short range, spur of the moment

And rationality (Objectivism) vs irrationality (raw greed).

I thought I would make an attempt here to provide a more complete answer given my current state of knowledge. read more