Archive for Tag “altruism”


27 min. Ayn Rand, Religion and Politics

Yaron Brook discusses efforts to drive a wedge between the Republican Party and Ayn Rand’s ideas.

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17 min. The Immorality of Government Medicine

To save American health care, not to mention to save the country itself, advocates of freedom and capitalism must take the moral high ground from the proponents of government control. Yaron Brook delivered this talk at a Doctors Town Hall event sponsored by Americans for Free Choice in Medicine and The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons on May 14, 2011.

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23 min. The Libyan Conflict

Elan Journo is a guest of Dr. Howard Gluss on KFNX (Phoenix) to discuss America’s involvement in Libya in light of the message of Mr. Journo’s book, Winning the Unwinnable War. Recorded April 1, 2011.

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53 min. The Evil of Sacrifice

This episode of The Leonard Peikoff Show, recorded May 8, 1996, discusses the nature of altruism and sacrifice.

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12 min. Selfishness as Virtue

Yaron Brook discusses selfishness and altruism as a guest on Freedom Watch. (Recorded November 24, 2010. Dr. Brook’s appearance begins after 6:15.)

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111 min. Faith and Force: The Destroyers of the Modern World

In this sweeping talk on the impact of philosophy throughout history, Ayn Rand explains why mysticism is altruism’s precondition, and why dictatorship is its product.

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52 min. Tie-In Contest

This episode of The Leonard Peikoff Show, recorded April 18, 1996, challenges the audience to identify the philosophic principle that several different examples have in common.

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15 min. Interview with Yaron Brook, Part 1

This is the first of four interviews with Yaron Brook on Bedrock with Larry Greenfield.

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2 min. Kids and Sharing Toys

Peter Schwartz discusses what children should be taught about sharing.  This is an excerpt from the Q-&-A session of “The Virtue of Selfishness: Why Achieving Your Happiness Is Your Highest Moral Purpose,” an ARC Lecture Series talk delivered by Mr. Schwartz on February 4, 2005.

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3 min. The Origins of Altruism

Yaron Brook discusses basic premises of altruism, and how they may have arisen. Excerpted from the Q&A of the lecture “Capitalism without Guilt,” given at UC Berkeley on November 24, 2008.

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