Yaron Brook Show: Why Being Honest is Selfish
In this episode, Yaron discusses the virtue of honesty and its crucial value to self-interest, contrasting it with the predominant, altruist understanding of this virtue. He answers a number of questions about honsesty in practice, including: Is honesty something that pays off only in the long term? Didn't Bernie Madoff get away with dishonesty--at least for a while? Does being honest mean telling the truth to those who are trying to harm you? How does religion undermine honesty? How does dishonesty put you at war with reality, and make you dependent on others? How does the Objectivist view of honesty compare with views of honesty held by Ben Shapiro, Jordan Peterson and Sam Harris? Are you dishonest, or "soft-peddling," if you're measured in your delivery of the truth?
Service:
Spreaker
Publshed on:
Feb 04, 2018
Duration:
01:41:02
Traveling and Yaron at Clemson; having cake and eating it too; accessibility
01:30
to
08:47
7.3 minutes
Rationality & Reality: commitment to thinking to be selfish
08:48
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12:28
3.7 minutes
Virtue of Honesty: definition, integration, and application; damage of lying & unreality
12:29
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21:59
9.5 minutes
22:00
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24:41
2.7 minutes
Reality, Values, Truth, and Honesty
24:42
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26:49
2.1 minutes
Q: Is honesty dependent on the short and long term consequences?
26:50
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30:55
4.1 minutes
Honesty & introspection; pretense & wishes; Honesty’s self-focus
30:56
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35:02
4.1 minutes
Honesty contra Bernie Madoff
35:03
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40:21
5.3 minutes
40:22
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41:16
54 seconds
“morality ends where a gun begins”; ethics, emergencies, and freedom
41:17
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43:16
2.0 minutes
Honesty and telling the truth to others
43:17
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44:54
1.6 minutes
Lying and achieving or maintaining values; commitment to truth, reality, & one’s values
44:55
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47:59
3.1 minutes
48:00
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59:21
11.4 minutes
Q: Is it rational for a wife to forgive a lying, cheating husband?
59:22
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01:03:21
4.0 minutes
01:03:22
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01:03:59
37 seconds
dishonesty destroys independence
01:04:00
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01:05:09
1.2 minutes
Q: Why do Harris, Peterson, and Shapiro all espouse Honesty but revile Rand?
01:05:10
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01:12:06
6.9 minutes
Q: What are the benefits of living in Puerto Rico?
01:12:07
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01:13:01
54 seconds
Q: Why is Bernie Madoff happier in jail?
01:13:02
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01:15:16
2.2 minutes
Q: Why do parents raise children to ‘never’ lie but consider others feelings?
01:15:17
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01:17:28
2.2 minutes
Q: What about Daniel Dennett’s philosophical views on faith and believing?
01:17:29
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01:25:47
8.3 minutes
Q: Is it dishonest to ignore an individual's’ pathological tendencies?
01:25:48
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01:28:57
3.2 minutes
Q: Is ARI ‘soft-selling’ Objectivism and ignoring metaphysics and epistemology?
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01:33:22
4.4 minutes
Q: Is the government a necessary evil?; does ethics drive people’s politics?
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01:36:59
3.6 minutes
Q: What is the link between Self-Esteem and Honesty?
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4.0 minutes