Archive for Tag “morality”


5 min. Yaron Answers: How does morality influence politics?

“Yaron Answers” is a regular video feature on LaissezFaire: The Uncompromised Case for Capitalism, a new blog created by the Ayn Rand Center for Individual Rights. In this installment, Yaron Brook discusses morality’s influence on today’s political culture. Posted March 8, 2012, on LaissezFaire.

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8 min. Yaron Answers: What Is Capitalism and Why Do You Say It’s Moral?

“Yaron Answers” is a regular video feature on LaissezFaire: The Uncompromised Case for Capitalism, a new blog created by the Ayn Rand Center for Individual Rights. In this first installment, Yaron Brook talks about the nature of capitalism, and why it is the only moral social system. Posted February 13, 2012, on LaissezFaire.

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18 min. The Moral Case for Capitalism

Yaron Brook is a guest on this podcast from the Heartland Institute, discussing the moral underpinnings of freedom. This interview was posted on January 17, 2012.

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38 min. Ayn Rand’s Moral Defense of Capitalism

Yaron Brook delivered this introduction to Ayn Rand’s moral defense of capitalism at an event hosted by the Foundation for Economic Education on November 5, 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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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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59 min. Religion and Morality

This talk by Onkar Ghate was recorded in Irvine, California on October 18, 2006, as part of the ARC Speaker Series.

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5 min. Morality without Religion

Yaron Brook and Onkar Ghate explain how moral concepts can be validated without reference to religion.

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1 min. Morality and the Old Testament

Leonard Peikoff addresses the claim that Old Testament doctrine is the basis of morality.

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