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How Can One Be Fully Independent in Today’s Society? by Harry Binswanger

November 13, 2019PodcastAyn Rand, Harry Binswanger, independence, individualism, Podcast, reason, self-esteem, self-interest, selfishness, society, The Fountainheadphilosophy-for-living-on-earth

Independence is the theme of Ayn Rand’s great novel The Fountainhead. Howard Roark, the novel’s hero, is the epitome of independence. He speaks of the need to have a self-sufficient ego and says nothing else is as important. What is a “self-sufficient ego”? What is independence and how does one preserve one’s independence in a…

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Is Selfishness the Root of All Evil? by Keith Lockitch

August 28, 2019Podcastaltruism, Ayn Rand, ethics, evil, happiness, individualism, life, morality, Podcast, self-interest, selfishnessphilosophy-for-living-on-earth

If there is one thing that almost everyone agrees on today, it’s that selfishness is bad. From day one, we’ve been told, “don’t be selfish” or “selfishness is the root of all evil.” But what if the way we think about selfishness is completely wrong? What if our conventional understanding of what it means to be selfish is…