Yaron Brook on Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged, and Objectivism
About this episode:
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.
https://www.skeptic.com/michael-shermer-show/yaron-brook-on-ayn-rand-atlas-shrugged-and-objectivism/
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