“Ayn Rand and the Revival of the Enlightenment” Q&A with Conference Speakers
Q&A with Onkar Ghate, Robert Mayhew, Gregory Salmieri, Tara Smith, and Yaron Brook.The world today stands at a crossroads. We continue to reap the ben...
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Ayn Rand Institute Live features a wide range of fascinating topics recorded at live events—all from the unique perspective of Ayn Rand's philosophy, Objectivism. ARI experts and guest speakers bring new insights to complex topical issues, such as freedom of speech and the Middle East, or delve into important subjects in philosophy, ethics, psychology, culture, the arts, and more.
The Consequences of Enlightenment with Yaron Brook
The Enlightenment enshrined in Western culture a deeply held respect for reason, science and individualism. The result was an explosion of progress un...
Reason, Faith and the Road to “Alternative Facts” with Tara Smith
Respect for reason has suffered a notable decline in recent decades. This lecture examines one of the central contributors: the attempt to evade the f...
Extracting Force from Society with Gregory Salmieri
People often speak as though freedom is a default state from which human societies have strayed. This talk argues that the opposite is true. In a stat...
Ayn Rand and Enlightenment Attitudes Toward Religion with Robert Mayhew
The rebirth of reason in the Renaissance made possible, in the Enlightenment period that followed, was a reassessment of religion. In this lecture Dr....
The Enlightenment and the Foundations of Liberty and Progress with Onkar Ghate
This talk is the opening keynote of Ayn Rand Conference USA–Live 2020, the Ayn Rand Institute's two-day virtual conference about "Ayn Rand and the Rev...
Selfishness Starts Here: Self-Esteem as the Gateway to Successful Egoism with Tara Smith
Alongside purpose and reason, self-esteem is one of the foundational values of the Objectivist ethics. By exploring select facets of self-esteem (such...
Life as the Standard of Value: Ayn Rand’s Proof with Harry Binswanger
What exactly is Ayn Rand’s proof of man’s life as the moral standard? This talk gives the full answer, step-by-step. A brief concluding section analyz...
Covid-19 Observations and Insights Panel with Amesh Adalja and Onkar Ghate
Join Onkar Ghate for an interview and Q&A panel with Amesh Adalja—a world expert on infectious disease and pandemic preparedness—about issues related ...
Purpose and Values with Gregory Salmieri
Ayn Rand described purpose as man’s “choice of the happiness which [his reason] must proceed to achieve.” It is one of the three “supreme and ruling” ...