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Podcast: The Ayn Rand Institute Podcast
Episode: Ayn Rand’s Repudiation of Original Sin
Description: In this episode of New Ideal Live, Ben Bayer and Ricardo Pinto discuss Ayn Rand’s devastating critique of the idea of original sin. They explore how the notion has been understood historically, the philosophical and political uses to which it has been put, and the arguments Rand gives for regarding it as a destructive affront to morality and self-esteem.
Among the topics covered:
What original sin is and how it compares to other views;
Why Ayn Rand saw the doctrine as an offense to the very concept of morality;
Original sin’s “explanation” of why the individual is guilty of anoth...