Comments on: QUESTIONS http://www.peikoff.com Wed, 16 May 2012 20:59:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Susan DeYoung http://www.peikoff.com/questions/#comment-4537 Susan DeYoung Wed, 16 May 2012 20:59:43 +0000 http://www.peikoff.com/?page_id=101#comment-4537 RE: "To save the world is the simplest thing in the world. All one has to do is think." - Leonard Peikoff If it is so simple why haven't accomplished you it? You said this first at least 15 years ago. RE: “To save the world is the
simplest thing in the world.
All one has to do is think.”

- Leonard Peikoff

If it is so simple why haven’t accomplished you it? You said this first at least 15 years ago.

]]> By: Justin Wisniewski http://www.peikoff.com/questions/#comment-4535 Justin Wisniewski Wed, 16 May 2012 18:21:35 +0000 http://www.peikoff.com/?page_id=101#comment-4535 Did Toohey have low self-esteem? Did Toohey have low self-esteem?

]]> By: Bradley Charles Harrison http://www.peikoff.com/questions/#comment-4532 Bradley Charles Harrison Wed, 16 May 2012 14:07:47 +0000 http://www.peikoff.com/?page_id=101#comment-4532 I love a girl in every sense of the word. After spending time with me, she said she looks up to me more than anyone else in the world because I model the values and life that she desires, but doesn't feel a "spark" with me. Because of that, she is unable to love me romatically. Is it possible to deal with this situation objectively? I love a girl in every sense of the word. After spending time with me, she said she looks up to me more than anyone else in the world because I model the values and life that she desires, but doesn’t feel a “spark” with me. Because of that, she is unable to love me romatically. Is it possible to deal with this situation objectively?

]]> By: Brian Smith http://www.peikoff.com/questions/#comment-4529 Brian Smith Wed, 16 May 2012 05:37:35 +0000 http://www.peikoff.com/?page_id=101#comment-4529 Hello Dr. Peikoff, I look forward with great anticipation to the release of your new book: The DIM Hypothesis. I was wondering if there were plans to release it in a format for the Kindle or the like? Thanks and Regards, Brian Hello Dr. Peikoff,

I look forward with great anticipation to the release of your new book: The DIM Hypothesis. I was wondering if there were plans to release it in a format for the Kindle or the like?

Thanks and Regards,

Brian

]]> By: Alexander http://www.peikoff.com/questions/#comment-4519 Alexander Mon, 14 May 2012 13:22:00 +0000 http://www.peikoff.com/?page_id=101#comment-4519 You mentioned in "Leonard Peikoff: In His Own Words" that you were suffering from the disease of rationalism during the writing of "The Ominous Parallels" and that it took you years to cure yourself of your "ailment". How did you approach this task? What were some of the obstacles that presented themselves during this process? How were you certain you had finally overcome this automatized thought-process? You mentioned in “Leonard Peikoff: In His Own Words” that you were suffering from the disease of rationalism during the writing of “The Ominous Parallels” and that it took you years to cure yourself of your “ailment”. How did you approach this task? What were some of the obstacles that presented themselves during this process? How were you certain you had finally overcome this automatized thought-process?

]]> By: Ed Powell http://www.peikoff.com/questions/#comment-4513 Ed Powell Sat, 12 May 2012 22:45:50 +0000 http://www.peikoff.com/?page_id=101#comment-4513 Will "The DIM Hypothedis" be available for Kindle? If so, when? If not, why not? Thanks. Will “The DIM Hypothedis” be available for Kindle? If so, when? If not, why not? Thanks.

]]> By: Jody Gomez http://www.peikoff.com/questions/#comment-4509 Jody Gomez Sat, 12 May 2012 03:38:39 +0000 http://www.peikoff.com/?page_id=101#comment-4509 Hi Dr. Peikoff, My question pertains to airspace. Who owns it? The government obviously appropriates it as it's own, but what about the airspace directly over my property? Does the government have the right to use all airspace as its own, and spy on me? Hi Dr. Peikoff,

My question pertains to airspace. Who owns it? The government obviously appropriates it as it’s own, but what about the airspace directly over my property? Does the government have the right to use all airspace as its own, and spy on me?

]]> By: Bill Mansfield http://www.peikoff.com/questions/#comment-4507 Bill Mansfield Fri, 11 May 2012 20:33:42 +0000 http://www.peikoff.com/?page_id=101#comment-4507 Much is spoken about women's reproductive rights. What, if any, reproductive rights do men have? Much is spoken about women’s reproductive rights. What, if any, reproductive rights do men have?

]]> By: Ilene Skeen http://www.peikoff.com/questions/#comment-4494 Ilene Skeen Wed, 09 May 2012 23:25:33 +0000 http://www.peikoff.com/?page_id=101#comment-4494 My friend and I enjoy your podcasts regularly. Recently you had a segment on euthanasia in which you said that it would be legal in a free society. We both agreed, but then we had a conversation about how it would be handled in a free society. He said that it would be just like a will, you would fill it out and get it witnessed. I said that I thought a judge would be required to officiate in some way. He said that he couldn't see why a judge or a court officer of some kind would be required if the document was witnessed, just like a will and the witnesses attest that the person is serious and capable of making such a decision. I said that there will always be a possiblity of unscrupulous people and people who change their minds, and that witnesses only witness the signature and do not attest to one's determination or reluctance to go through with it. He said people make wills all the time without the court. I said that if you make a will and regret it, you can make another one. You can change your mind six times. But if under prodding or emotional distress, you sign a paper that says you want to be killed and the person carries it out for you, you can't change your mind and if the person was unscrupulously trying to get rid of you, and succeeds, you are lost. At that point, my friend saw the point I was driving at and agreed. Even if you signed a paper that you intended to kill yourself, but wanted friends with you at your end of life, I would suppose, for the friends who were going to be with you, it would be a protection for the friends to have something which would protect them from prosecution. I would be very interested in what you think about how a free society would handle this situation vis a vis protection of the individual and sanction of one's right to end one's own life (with help or not). I know that this is away from philosophy, but my thought is that we ought to be able to reason out the broad thrust of something like this because even (or especially) in a free society, the laws should make sense to ordinary folk -- so that is philosophy applied to life, and I hope you give it a shot. My friend and I enjoy your podcasts regularly. Recently you had a segment on euthanasia in which you said that it would be legal in a free society. We both agreed, but then we had a conversation about how it would be handled in a free society. He said that it would be just like a will, you would fill it out and get it witnessed. I said that I thought a judge would be required to officiate in some way. He said that he couldn’t see why a judge or a court officer of some kind would be required if the document was witnessed, just like a will and the witnesses attest that the person is serious and capable of making such a decision. I said that there will always be a possiblity of unscrupulous people and people who change their minds, and that witnesses only witness the signature and do not attest to one’s determination or reluctance to go through with it.

He said people make wills all the time without the court. I said that if you make a will and regret it, you can make another one. You can change your mind six times. But if under prodding or emotional distress, you sign a paper that says you want to be killed and the person carries it out for you, you can’t change your mind and if the person was unscrupulously trying to get rid of you, and succeeds, you are lost. At that point, my friend saw the point I was driving at and agreed.

Even if you signed a paper that you intended to kill yourself, but wanted friends with you at your end of life, I would suppose, for the friends who were going to be with you, it would be a protection for the friends to have something which would protect them from prosecution.

I would be very interested in what you think about how a free society would handle this situation vis a vis protection of the individual and sanction of one’s right to end one’s own life (with help or not). I know that this is away from philosophy, but my thought is that we ought to be able to reason out the broad thrust of something like this because even (or especially) in a free society, the laws should make sense to ordinary folk — so that is philosophy applied to life, and I hope you give it a shot.

]]> By: Joel Huston http://www.peikoff.com/questions/#comment-4492 Joel Huston Wed, 09 May 2012 20:17:28 +0000 http://www.peikoff.com/?page_id=101#comment-4492 Did Ayn Rand die happy? Is that a moral objective? Did Ayn Rand die happy? Is that a moral objective?

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