Archive for “Onkar Ghate”


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15 min. An Exclusive Look at the Objectivist Academic Center and the Junior Fellows Program

Onkar Ghate and Elan Journo give an in-depth look at the Objectivist Academic Center and Junior Fellows Program. This video was posted May 30, 2013.

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32 min. 3 Essential Tips for Aspiring Intellectuals

Onkar Ghate and Elan Journo host a Livestreamed Q&A on how aspiring intellectuals can get their foot in the door and join the forefront of the battle for free markets. This was broadcast May 7, 2013

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17 min. Compromise in Politics

Onkar Ghate is interviewed on The Mike Slater Show to discuss the call for compromise in Washington in the aftermath of this election. This interview was recorded on November 15, 2012.
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19 min. Onkar Ghate on Independence Day

Onkar Ghate appears on The Mike Slater Show to celebrate July 4th and discuss the Declaration of Independence.This interview was broadcast on July 4, 2012.
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14 min. A Philosopher’s Take on the Obamacare Decision

Ayn Rand Center for Individual Rights senior fellow Onkar Ghate discusses the Obamacare decision. Posted on Laissez Faire on June 29, 2012.

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17 min. How Did Atlas Shrugged Predict an America Spinning Out of Control?

Onkar Ghate appears on Brian Wilson and the Afternoon Drive on WSPD (Toledo) to discuss the prescience of Atlas Shrugged. Recorded November 14, 2011.

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54 min. Power Hour Episode 3: Onkar Ghate on Environmentalism

On the latest episode of Power Hour—Alex Epstein’s monthly Internet radio show in which he interviews today’s top energy experts to discuss today’s top energy issues—Mr. Epstein brings in philosopher Dr. Onkar Ghate, a senior fellow at the Ayn Rand Center, to question many assumptions about the relationship between human beings in our environment. Dr. Ghate discusses everything from the political, philosophical, and religious origins of modern environmentalists (the leaders of Earth Day) to the Japanese nuclear situation to how industrialization has positively impacted our environment to the danger of “moderate” environmentalist policies.

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87 min. The Separation of Church and State

Onkar Ghate delivered this lecture on July 5, 2009, in Boston. With religion on the rise in America, maintaining the separation of church and state is now a pressing issue. This talk examines some of the history behind, as well as the arguments for and against, the principle of separating religion from government. It considers contemporary ways in which the principle is being attacked and why even well-meaning Americans are increasingly unable to mount a defense. Finally, it defines what a proper, philosophical argument for the need to separate church from state looks like.

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101 min. Panel on Law and Philosophy

This panel Q&A addresses issues related to the realities of the legal landscape in connection with the Objectivist philosophic position. Panelists include Judge Alex Kozinski, Thomas A. Bowden, Eric Daniels, Onkar Ghate, and Amy Peikoff. The event was recorded at UCLA on January 30, 2010, and was hosted by LOGIC, the UCLA Objectivist club.

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77 min. Atlas Shrugged and the Morality of Freedom

Atlas Shrugged is a story about the rarest of revolutions, a revolution in our understanding of morality. Only such a revolution, the novel in effect argues, can restore us on the path to freedom. This talk by Onkar Ghate explores some of the reasons why. The talk was delivered at UCLA on January 31, 2010 and was hosted by LOGIC, the UCLA Objectivist club.

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