Archive for “Leonard Peikoff”


16 min. Leonard Peikoff Podcast #102

Topics in Leonard Peikoff’s latest podcast of philosophical Q&As include: Romance and jealousy at a distance; the meaning of “The devil is in the details”; and youth and self-sufficiency.

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17 min. Leonard Peikoff Podcast #101

Topics in Leonard Peikoff’s latest podcast of philosophical Q&As include: whether committing an immoral act makes one an immoral person; the meaning of Eddie Willers’ feelings for Dagny Taggart in Atlas Shrugged; where property rights are and are not applicable; and the role of physical attractiveness in sexual attraction.

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17 min. Leonard Peikoff Podcast #100

Topics in Leonard Peikoff’s latest podcast of philosophical Q&As include: how altruism gained its hold over humanity; why human behavior is not instinctual; and atheism and objectivity.

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16 min. Leonard Peikoff Podcast #99

Topics in Leonard Peikoff’s latest podcast of philosophical Q&As include: Legal accommodations for the handicapped; why businessmen shouldn’t worry about the ideas their customers hold; and the morality of assassinating an evil foreign leader.

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16 min. Leonard Peikoff Podcast #98

Topics in Leonard Peikoff’s latest podcast of philosophical Q&As include: Circumcision; nudity and an actor’s choice of film roles; and grade inflation in universities.

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16 min. Leonard Peikoff Podcast #97

Topics in Leonard Peikoff’s latest podcast of philosophical Q&As include: Studying Michael Moore films in school; taking the unearned; and life after death as an instance of the arbitrary.

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16 min. Leonard Peikoff Podcast #96

Topics in Leonard Peikoff’s latest podcast of philosophical Q&As include: the epistemological value of knowledge transmitted from others; government’s responsibility for health care of soldiers; and places Ayn Rand traveled.

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16 min. Leonard Peikoff Podcast #95

Topics in Leonard Peikoff’s latest podcast of philosophical Q&As include: The proper U.S. policy with regard to Muslims in light of recent terror attacks; and how Dr. Peikoff chooses which questions to answer in his podcasts.

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18 min. Leonard Peikoff Podcast #94

Topics in Leonard Peikoff’s latest podcast of philosophical Q&As include: Desiring the impossible; compulsion and child-raising; and the great difficulties involved in judging others.

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16 min. Leonard Peikoff Podcast #93

Topics in Leonard Peikoff’s latest podcast of philosophical Q&As include: Theft of climate research data; heroes in art and in real life; the nature of achievement; and the futility of arguing with subjectivists.

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