Archive for Tag “selfishness”


68 min. The Virtue of Selfishness: Why Achieving Your Happiness Is Your Highest Moral Purpose

This talk by Peter Schwartz was recorded February 4, 2005, as part of the ARC Speaker Series.

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62 min. Passing Judgment: Ayn Rand’s View of Justice

This lecture by Tara Smith was recorded May 9, 2006, as part of the ARC Lecture Series.

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39 min. Q & A on Teaching The Fountainhead

Onkar Ghate answers questions from teachers about teaching Ayn Rand’s The Fountainhead. Though the video is designed for teachers, the questions are of general interest. Topics include Frank Lloyd Wright, architecture, and the relationship between selfishness and independence.

This video can be viewed at Ayn Rand Education.

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84 min. Capitalism without Guilt

Yaron Brook delivered this lecture on the moral basis of capitalism on March 16, 2010, at the University of Washington.

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97 min. The Morality of Investing and Financial Markets

In this talk, delivered at Oxford University on January 20, Yaron Brook defends professional investing as a profoundly moral profession.

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8 min. Why Commercialized Christmas is Good

Yaron Brook discusses why the commercialization of Christmas is good. (Pajamas TV Interview; 8 min.)

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8 min. Revolutionary Principles

Onkar Ghate on the ideas of America’s founders, and the influence of Hobbes, Rousseau, and Locke on the American system of government. (Pajamas TV interview; 8 min.)

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31 min. The Teachings of Ayn Rand

In this interview from the “Taking Back America” podcast, Onkar Ghate offers an overview of Ayn Rand’s philosophy, the importance of the self, and philosophical reasons for today’s erosion of freedom. (Podcast interview; 31 min.)

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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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47 min. The Leonard Peikoff Show: Selfishness

From 1995 to 1999, Leonard Peikoff hosted a radio talk show. This is a recording of the premier broadcast of The Leonard Peikoff Show, from November 12, 1995. New recordings will be posted periodically.

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