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Podcast: The Ayn Rand Institute Podcast
Episode: Ayn Rand, the Valuer
Description: In this episode of New Ideal Live, Aaron Smith interviews Harry Binswanger on Ayn Rand’s distinctive value-centered approach to philosophy — and to living life. As a long-time student of Rand and close friend in her final years, Binswanger shares his recollections of Rand's passionate quest of values, both as presented in her works and ideas and in her personal life.
Among the topics covered:
Ayn Rand’s integration of fact and value in philosophy and how it contrasts with traditional views;
How Rand answered long-standing philosophical questions about the basis and importance of values;
Why Rand held that material values...