Apr 15 2024 64 mins 3
The Objectivism Book Study met through 2022 to study Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand, by Leonard Peikoff.
Our reading this week was:
- Ch. 8 – The initiation of physical force as evil 312-324
- Ch. 9 – Happiness (Introduction) 325
- Ch. 9 – Virtue as practical 326-329
“So long as men desire to live together, no man may initiate… no man may start the use of physical force against others.”
This is a quote from the main hero in Atlas Shrugged.
In this episode we finish discussing why the initiation of physical force is evil. Then we move into chapter 9 to discuss Ayn Rand’s claim that virtue is practical.
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