The Wall Street Journal has an interesting article yesterday regarding changes being proposed for the way that state and local governments account for the cost of retired workers.
The proposals, unveiled Monday by an accounting-standards group, would require state and local governments to add retiree-benefit promises to their balance sheets, making governments’ overall financial position appear worse.
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Ayn Rand Institute’s director Yaron Brook is interviewed by Steve Simpson on Dave Brat’s victory in Virginia and the impact of Ayn Rand on today’s culture.
Here are the podcasts that I have been able to listen to this week. They give examples of applying objectivist, rational principles to issues of every day life.
Philosophy in Action – Each week Dr. Diana Hsieh and Greg Perkins spend an hour going in depth on applying rational principles to 2 or 3 (rarely 4) questions from every day life. This week the questions were:
Original “Please, sir, I want some more.” Illustration by George Cruikshank Copied from http://mythopoeicrambling.blogspot.com/2011_04_01_archive.html
I recently read that in December of last year, 2013, Apple met with the FDA to obtain “guidance” on what they might or might not face regulatory hurdles for in their plans for developing apps and devices related to health. The image of one of the most innovative companies essentially going to the government and begging to be allowed to attempt to innovate brought to mind the scene in Oliver Twist
Here are the podcast I try, and mostly succeed, to listen to each week. Most discuss applying rational principles, not always strictly objectivist, to issues of everyday life.
– Dr. Diana Hsieh continues the discussion of her book Responsibility and Luck. This session covers chapter two which deals with some of the common proposed solutions for the problem of moral luck.
– Dr. Diana Hsieh and Greg Perkins answer questions, applying rational principles to everyday life. This week they
Every living creature has a means of survival. Plants have roots and leaves to gain nutrients and energy. Birds have wings to seek out food while escaping predators. Predators, such as lions or wolves, have speed, instincts, claws and fangs with which to chase down and consume their prey. While man cannot survive by any of these methods he does have his own means of survival- his rational faculty. His reason.
Ayn Rand sums it up this way in The Virtue of Selfishness:
Man cannot survive, as animals
Soccer star David Beckham is seeking to bring professional soccer back to the Miami, FL area by building a stadium for his team in the city’s downtown. In any such large-scale development, the rights of property owners are among the first casualties, regardless of whether the property owner is in favor or opposed to the development or even if they are not involved in the development at all.
If they are in favor of the development, they can be prevented from using their property as they see
Here are the podcast I try, and mostly succeed, to listen to each week.
Philosophy in Action – Dr. Diana Hsieh and Greg Perkins answer questions each week, applying rational principles to everyday life. This week they talk about:
Peikoff.com: Episode 324 – Dr. Leonard Peikoff answers questions on:
Voice of Reason: Government Versus the Rule of Law – I don’t
Here are the podcasts I try to listen to each week, and mostly succeed.
Philosophy in Action Radio Chat: Responsibility and Luck, Chapter One – In a new podcast series, Diana Hsieh will be discussing her recently published book,