Onkar Ghate & Yaron Discuss Objectivism Closed/Open; Fact/Value; Moral Sanction | Yaron Interviews
Channel: Yaron Brook
Date: 2023-05-30

00:00 Intro
01:10 Onkar Ghate
01:30 Show Outline
03:15 Open/Closed Objectivism https://peikoff.com/essays_and_articles/fact-and-value/
05:25 Why it became the central issue for some people?
07:56 Did you think of yourself as a closed Objectivist? http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/open_mind_and_closed_mind
13:05 Ayn Rand naming it Objectivism
14:35 Stephen Hicks's Argument
16:49 What motivates David Kelly
22:22 Work based on Objectivism
23:59 Being Dogmatic http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/dogma
28:09 Debate 
31:28 Fact and Value https://ari.aynrand.org/issues/culture-and-society/religion-and-morality/fact-and-value/
42:06 Kelly's position
44:20 Moral Sanction

Live Questions:
50:02 For those you see struggling with popular morality (eg altruism), yet aren’t actively seeking a new philosophy (maybe woukdn’t go read Atlas Shrugged), is there an “elevator speech” or something you use to introduce Objectivism to those unfamiliar with Rand?
52:42 I understand that values are facts when viewed from the perspective of a living organism. Can you cite a quotation where Miss Rand stated or implied that all facts are values?
55:40 Onkar: Shades of Marx's "Je ne suios pas Marxiste," but what is your take on the label "Randian?"
57:43 I notice at TOS conferences, over half the speakers aren't even Objectivists. Compromises and appeasement don't move us into the mainstream, they water down our message and make the final victory take longer.
1:05:19 Can you comment on Biddle’s point that some people are holding ‘Objectivism’ as a frozen abstraction for ‘true philosophy’?
1:08:32 At least David Kelly seems to have a deep understanding of Objectivism, but rejects some its fundamentals. While Craig Biddle doesn't even understand Objectivism. His explanations of Objectivism strike me as amateurish.
1:09:42 Why has mysticism dominated spirituality? Does a decline in religion present an opportunity to promote objective spirituality? What would that look like?
1:12:06 How should we regard the police, considering that they uphold both the moral AND immoral functions of government?
1:14:14 Could you speak on/ suggest some reading on logically connecting choosing life to really maximizing the 3 virtues? And some concrete examples of life sustaining goals that maximize the virtues?
1:17:46 Thanks to you both. Over Onkar's shoulder is what looks like a picture of one of the tunnels made in the Blue Ridge mountains of Virginia in the mid-1800s by French engineer Claudius Crozet. Is that so?
1:18:23 Why are so many rightist intellectuals obsessed with religion? I will watch them talk about the government or leftists being anti-technology, only to turn around and be against certain technologies for religious reasons. 💔
1:23:14 What do you think causes the duality of thinking that expresses itself so often in societal discourse? Eg self esteem is new-age nonsense or self esteem is an inalienable right no matter what one achieves or not
1:27:13 Following up, how could Objectivism capitalize on the decline of religion and the failures of communism and socialism? Neither mysticism of spirit and muscle works works long term.
1:28:38 Ah! Natural Bridge State Park! Thanks again! Glad to have you here in Virginia! Perhaps sometime you'll look up Claudius Crozet.
1:29:14 Is the real reason schisms are so ubiquitous b/c they're mostly personal grudges dressed-up as moral/intellectual to get followers to shun dissenters?
1:31:46 Are you familiar with LaVeyan Satanism? If so what are your thoughts?
1:32:33 Is Dr. Peikoff’s theory of induction a theory which integrates with objectivism and is not an addition to Rand’s philosophy of objectivism?
1:34:41 To grasp causality, do children have some perceptual knowledge which enables them to relate the action of the entity to its other attributes?
1:36:26 I read what Craig posted attacking you and Onkar. It was superficial and petty. A delusional head of an organization claiming to be promoting Objectivism is dangerous.
1:36:46 See pinned comment for timestamps of additional questions

2:07:50 Outro

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