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Podcast: The Ayn Rand Institute Podcast
Episode: The Secular Moral Alternative to Dawkins and Ayaan Hirsi Ali
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In this episode of New Ideal Live, Ben Bayer examines a discussion between Richard Dawkins and Ayaan Hirsi Ali, explaining why so-called secular humanists have been unable to offer a rational moral alternative to religion.
Among the topics covered:
Ali's rationalizations for her religious conversion;
Why Western civilization is not purely Christian;
How religious belief relies on arbitrary claims;
Dawkins’ failure to offer a rational moral alternative to Christianity;
Why a rational morality requires an uncompromising commitment to truth.
Mentioned in this podcast are Bayer’s articles “The Old Morality of New Religi...