In this second video of a four-part seminar, Craig Biddle shows how the philosopher Ayn Rand bridged the “is-ought” gap, grounded morality in perceptual reality, and thus laid the groundwork for her objective, fact-based theory of rights.
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 II) Ayn Rand's Objectivist Ethics and Theory of Rights Craig Biddle
Student Center, CE-200 Universidad Francisco Marroquín Guatemala, October 26, 2009
A New Media - UFM production. Guatemala, November 2009 Camera: Joni Vasquez; digital editing: Mynor de León; index: Sergio Bustamante; synopsis: Craig Biddle; index reviser: Jennifer Keller; publication: Mario Pivaral/Carlos Petz
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Initial credits
Introduction
Ayn Rand's ethics
The Virtue of Selfishness, Ayn Rand
Loving Life, Craig Biddle
Books on Rand's ethics
Ayn Rand's approach to ethics
Values
What are values?
People's actions
Universal action
Nonliving things
Living things seek values
Achievement of goals
Quotes Ayn Rand
Existence and nonexistence
Values for life
Ultimate goal
Quotes Ayn Rand
Life is the ultimate end, values are the means
Free will
Antilife actions
Morality
Pursuit of values
Epistemology
Quotes Ayn Rand
Fallacy of the "stolen concept"
Objective standard of value
The principle of egoism
Principle of own ultimate end
Individual's own life is his own ultimate end
Valid moral principles
Validity of egoism
Suicide
Ethics
Means of survival
Volition
Reason
Ayn Rand's science of ethics
Reason and productivity
Virtues
Social parasites
Fundamental virtues
Honesty
Independence
Integrity
Justice
Pride
Life-oriented virtues
Actions
Reason
Preclusion from acting on best judgment
Force
Human life
Freedom
Degrees of force
Kinds of force
Indirect force
Governments
Unique reality
Incorporation of religion
Final words
Final credits
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