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Podcast: The Ayn Rand Institute Podcast
Episode: Q&A on the Best Objections to Objectivism
Description: In this episode of New Ideal Live, Ben Bayer and Mike Mazza respond to several common and plausible philosophic objections to Objectivism that were sent in by viewers.
Among the topics covered:
Why it is valuable to explore objections to any philosophy, especially one’s own;
Why Objectivism does not fall foul of a supposed is/ought gap in its argument for self-interest;What Ayn Rand says we can learn about the foundations of morality by comparing human beings to other organisms;
How to deal with scientific claims that seem to conflict with philosophic ideas;
Why modern brain science cannot di...