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197. Yaron Brook on Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged, and Objectivism

197. Yaron Brook on Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged, and Objectivism

FromThe Michael Shermer Show


197. Yaron Brook on Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged, and Objectivism

FromThe Michael Shermer Show

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Length:
126 minutes
Released:
Aug 3, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Michael Shermer speaks with entrepreneur, writer, and activist Yaron Brook about Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged, Objectivism; individualism vs. collectivism; the nature of human nature; altruism, cooperation, reparations, and charity; the starting point of morality and the foundation of ethics; collective action problems and how they are best solved; our moral obligation to help those who cannot help themselves; the Is-Ought problem of determining right and wrong; reason and empiricism; immigration, abortion, foreign wars, the welfare state, and terrorism.
Released:
Aug 3, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

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In the tradition of the Enlightenment salons that helped drive the Age of Reason, Science Salon is a series of conversations between Dr. Michael Shermer and leading scientists, scholars, and thinkers, about the most important issues of our time.