Traveling and Yaron at Clemson; having cake and eating it too; accessibility

Rationality & Reality: commitment to thinking to be selfish

Virtue of Honesty: definition, integration, and application; damage of lying & unreality

Honesty & an active mind

Reality, Values, Truth, and Honesty

Q: Is honesty dependent on the short and long term consequences?

Honesty & introspection; pretense & wishes; Honesty’s self-focus

Honesty contra Bernie Madoff

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“morality ends where a gun begins”; ethics, emergencies, and freedom

Honesty and telling the truth to others

Lying and achieving or maintaining values; commitment to truth, reality, & one’s values

vicious cycle of lying

Q: Is it rational for a wife to forgive a lying, cheating husband?

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dishonesty destroys independence

Q: Why do Harris, Peterson, and Shapiro all espouse Honesty but revile Rand?

Q: What are the benefits of living in Puerto Rico?

Q: Why is Bernie Madoff happier in jail?

Q: Why do parents raise children to ‘never’ lie but consider others feelings?

Q: What about Daniel Dennett’s philosophical views on faith and believing?

Q: Is it dishonest to ignore an individual's’ pathological tendencies?

Q: Is ARI ‘soft-selling’ Objectivism and ignoring metaphysics and epistemology?

Q: Is the government a necessary evil?; does ethics drive people’s politics?

Q: What is the link between Self-Esteem and Honesty?