Yaron Brook Show: With Tara Smith: Selfishness, Happiness and Justice
Yaron discusses, with guest philosopher Tara Smith, the Objectivist conception of selfishness, it's relationship with happiness and why the virtue of Justice is a requirement for both.
Service:
YouTube
Publshed on:
Jan 14, 2019
Duration:
01:15:22
Objectivism and Selfishness; Subjectivist Selfishness
01:17
to
07:39
6.4 minutes
Discovering Universal Objective Principles for human living and morality
07:40
to
10:42
3.0 minutes
Q: How does one avoid feelings of discouragement when pursuing values?
10:43
to
14:26
3.7 minutes
Emotions and Selfishness;
14:27
to
17:24
3.0 minutes
Objective Values vs. Personal Values;
17:25
to
19:22
2.0 minutes
misunderstandings about Selfishness amongst ‘common’ people
19:23
to
29:24
10.0 minutes
intellectual and philosophical attack on Selfishness
29:25
to
31:02
1.6 minutes
harm of lying to Self-Esteem; moral and practical; rational self-interest long-term
31:03
to
34:29
3.4 minutes
balancing between fulfilling short-term desires and achieving long-term interests
34:30
to
37:39
3.2 minutes
Q: Isn’t the initiation of force bad because it harms others?
37:40
to
40:32
2.9 minutes
virtue of Justice; essential characteristics of Justice; Judging others positively and negatively;
40:33
to
55:49
15.3 minutes
Q: Does one have to be an Objectivist to be happy?
55:50
to
01:02:44
6.9 minutes
Q: Do Psychopaths truly exist?
01:02:45
to
01:03:49
1.1 minutes
Impact or response to the ideas of Happiness and Selfishness
01:03:50
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01:07:34
3.7 minutes
Philosophy of Law and Tara’s work
01:07:35
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N/A
7.8 minutes