In this third video of a four-part seminar, Craig Biddle shows how Ayn Rand’s ethics—including her demonstration that life is the standard of moral value, her validation of the morality of self-interest or egoism, and her demonstration of the fact that physical force used against an individual precludes him from acting on his basic means of living (the judgment of his mind)—gives rise to the principle of individual rights: the principle that each individual morally must be left free to act on his own judgment for his own sake.
Craig Biddle
Craig Biddle is editor and publisher of the Objective Standard, a journal of culture and politics, and author of Loving Life: The Morality of Self-Interest and the Facts that Support It. He also writes for the Capitalism Magazine website. He is a member of the speaker’s bureau of the Ayn Rand Institute and lectures on ethical and epistemological issues from an objectivist perspective.
The Source and Nature of Rights (Part III) Craig Biddle
Student Center, CE-200 Universidad Francisco Marroquín Guatemala, October 27, 2009
A New Media - UFM production. Guatemala, January 2010 Camera: Joni Vasquez; digital editing: Adrián Méndez; index: Sergio Bustamante; synopsis: Craig Biddle; index reviser: Jennifer Keller; publication: Mario Pivaral/Carlos Petz/Daphne Ortiz
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Initial credits
Introduction
Human action
Physical force
Groups and governments
Taliban law
Degrees of force
Taking action on own judgments
Cancer cure example
Effects of physical force
Metaphysical fact
Moral principles
Principle of individual rights
Quotes Ayn Rand
Rights
Ayn Rand's definition of rights
Fundamental right
Self-sustaining action
Principle of individual rights
Quotes Ayn Rand
Life on earth
Metaphysical needs
Basic moral virtue
Right to liberty
Production of material goods
Right to property
Pride
Pursuit of happiness
Right to freedom of speech
Independence
Right to freedom of contract
Egoism
Controversy
Life is the standard of value
Quality of life
Selfishness
Psychological egoism
Egoistic morality
Self-sacrifice
Self-interest is good/Self-sacrifice is not
Altruism
Trades in which both sides gain
Definition of sacrifice
Mother Teresa
Reason
Prize in the afterlife
Evidence of existence
Faith
Giving up reason
Life-serving values
Moral admiration
Enlisting in the army
Final words
Final credits
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