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Sixty Years of The Virtue of Selfishness
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Sixty Years of The Virtue of Selfishness

Marking sixty years that Rand set forth the moral principles of Objectivism.

In this episode of New Ideal, Mike Mazza and Sam Weaver discuss the enduring value of The Virtue of Selfishness, a collection of Ayn Rand’s essays on ethics, on its sixtieth anniversary.

Among the topics covered:

  • Why Ayn Rand wrote and collected the essays in The Virtue of Selfishness

  • How Ayn Rand’s essays address questions central to living a good life

  • How Ayn Rand presented a radical new way to think about morality

  • How Ayn Rand challenges conventional ways of thinking about morality

  • How Ayn Rand provided novel ways of evaluating many moral issues

Mentioned in this podcast is Ayn Rand’s essay collection The Virtue of Selfishness.

The podcast was recorded on October 8 and released on October 18, 2024. Listen and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. Watch archived podcasts here.

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