The Peikoff Podcasts
Dr. Peikoff applies Ayn Rand's revolutionary philosophy to real-world questions.
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1 . If Ayn Rand were held up at gunpoint on live national television and ordered to renounce every tenets of her philosophy or be killed, what would she do?
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2 . How can we know the facts of history are true if the events were in the past and are only known to us through records? Is there a difference between an atheist and a religious person in this issue?
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3 . Are you, Dr. Peikoff, an interventionist or an isolationist in regard to foreign policy?
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4 . Ayn Rand talks about studying other philosophers for self-protection. How should I get started?
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5 . The creators of South Park have been threatened by radical Muslims for depicting Muhammad in a bear costume on their show. In response, some people are exhibiting a similar picture in protest to show solidarity with the South Park creators and as a way to reaffirm their right to free speech. Is this wise?
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1 . Would it be inconsistent in one’s philosophy to engage in video games that put one into a different world or reality?
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2 . Love and art are both an expression of a man’s sense of life, which suggests that love and art can serve similar purposes. Can art be a semi-substitute for sex?
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3 . Is there a person like Ellsworth Toohey, from The Fountainhead, out there in the real world?
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4 . I would feel better in having total disconnect from my parents because interacting with them brings a drastically different sense of life in to my mind and changes the way I feel about life the rest of the time. Is this a normal and reasonable response?
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5 . Is it moral for an Objectivist to be a member of a union?
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About Leonard Peikoff
At the age of 17, Leonard Peikoff was invited to the home of Ayn Rand, the
novelist and Objectivist philosopher. Thus began a friendship that lasted
until her death in 1982. Today, Dr. Peikoff is Rand's legal and intellectual
heir - and the world's foremost authority on Objectivism.
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An author for our times
Renowned philosopher, Dr. Peikoff is the author of Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand and The Ominous Parallels: The End of Freedom in America. He has edited numerous Ayn Rand anthologies and is currently writing a new book, The DIM Hypothesis, which deals with the role of epistemology in cultural and practical affairs.
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