Leonard Peikoff
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Topic: Existence
Would time travel, as depicted in science-fiction, violate the fundamental?
Date: October 24th, 2011
Duration: 02:34
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Do you believe that everything happens for a reason?
Date: September 26th, 2011
Duration: 01:36
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If there was a god, what attributes would he have, according to Objectivism?
Date: September 26th, 2011
Duration: 01:09
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Existence
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Why does Objectivism make such an issue over whether an action is short-range or long-range? For example, going to a movie is a short-range pursuit. What would long-range moviegoing consist of?
Date: September 12th, 2011
Duration: 03:53
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Though I am an atheist, often in particularly stressful situations I hear someone say, “God is looking out for us and will provide a way,” and I find that a comforting affirmation. The best Objectivist alternative I can come up with is to tell people there is always a solution to any problem. Is that valid?
Date: September 12th, 2011
Duration: 03:43
Topics:
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A question from a man tortured by unrequited love: I don’t understand why it is important to me that this woman reciprocates my love. Her loving me would change none of the values that I love her for having. So why should her feelings matter to me?
Date: August 15th, 2011
Duration: 02:25
Topics:
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Human relationships
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Is it rational for an atheist to have feelings of awe for life, the earth and universe?
Date: July 25th, 2011
Duration: 04:14
Topics:
Emotions
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Existence
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Science fiction based on the scientifically possible is okay, but what about science fantasy presenting the impossible?
Date: July 4th, 2011
Duration: 02:49
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Existence
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In a previous podcast you said that it is wrong to go against nature by undergoing a sex-change operation–that the metaphysically given is an absolute. But by this definition gender is not metaphysically given because we can now change it if we so chose.
Date: June 20th, 2011
Duration: 03:53
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Sex
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In Ayn Rand’s Donohue appearance, Phil Donohue asks her if she is not tempted to believe in heaven so that she can see Frank O’Connor again. She answered, “I’ve asked myself that very question.” Since she is an atheist, why wasn’t she more emphatic and dismissive?
Date: April 28th, 2011
Duration: 01:14
Topics:
Emotions
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Existence
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