Objectivists Who Are Obnoxious

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i was probably obnoxious when i was 20, 21, 22, 25. I hope i've outgrown it a,. but that don't judge ideas based on the worst advocates for those ideasbased on their worst representatives. Judge the ideas for yourself. Read ala shrug. Read the virtue of selfishness. Read capitalism, the unon ideal and judge the ideas for what they represent and what they stand for. You know, i thinkThe world will be a better place, the more people read her, and the more people consider her, and the less she is part of the debate and the discussion.

Michael Shermer speaks with entrepreneur, writer, and activist Yaron Brook about Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged, Objectivism; individualism vs. collectivism; the nature of human nature; altruism, cooperation, reparations, and charity; the starting point of morality and the foundation of ethics; collective action problems and how they are best solved; our moral obligation to help those who cannot help themselves; the Is-Ought problem of determining right and wrong; reason and empiricism; immigration, abortion, foreign wars, the welfare state, and terrorism.