Gray Winsler's video: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand

Twitter: Twitter.com/GrayWinsler Blog: Steemit.com/@GrayWinsler Description: This video is a broad overview of the philosophy of Ayn Rand. It goes over themes covered in her two most famous works—Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead. It looks at the so called “Five Pillars of Objectivism” and goes over some in depth. The basic idea behind Objectivism is rational self-ineterest, the notion that you should put yourself above all else. This stems from a belief in objective reality and man’s capacity to reason. The politics of Objectivism are Laissez Faire Capitalism. Also, has anyone noticed that descriptions are about the most boring thing to write? Other things… Yaron Brook’s interview on the Rubin Report was instrumental to the making this video. If you haven’t played the video game Bioshock, you should absolutely go do that. Ayn Rand doesn’t really have an opinion one way or the other on weather or not you should save a drowning child (assuming you have know personal connection with the child). Rand thinks people like Immanuel Kant and Peter Singer are essentially evil. Also, who in the fuck is John Galt? Outline: Paragraph 1 - Story Paragraph 2 - Introduction Paragraph 3 - What is Objectivism? Paragraph 4 - Zero Sum Game Critique Paragraph 5 - Free Will Critique Paragraph 6 - Laissez Faire Capitalism Paragraph 7 - The Drowning Child Paragraph 8 - Conclusion Articles: Column: This is what happens when you take Ayn Rand seriously - http://www.pbs.org/newshour/making-sense/column-this-is-what-happens-when-you-take-ayn-rand-seriously/ Objectivism (Ayn Rand) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Objectivism_(Ayn_Rand) :_objective_reality Ayn Rand Institue - https://www.aynrand.org Ayn Rand Lexicon — Charity - http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/charity.html "Atlas Shrugged" Sets A New Record! - https://ari.aynrand.org/media-center/press-releases/2010/01/21/atlas-shrugged-sets-a-new-record The Nature of the Morality of Rational Egoism: Short Notes - https://objectivismforintellectuals.wordpress.com/2012/08/01/the-nature-of-the-morality-of-rational-egoism-short-notes/ What BioShock Gets Wrong About Ayn Rand’s Objectivism - https://objectivismforintellectuals.wordpress.com/2016/11/23/what-bioshock-gets-wrong-about-ayn-rands-objectivism/ What is the Objectivist Position in Morality (Ethics)? - https://atlassociety.org/objectivism/atlas-university/what-is-objectivism/objectivism-101-blog/3369-what-is-the-objectivist-position-in-morality-ethics Videos: Ayn Rand First Interview 1959 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ooKsv_SX4Y Ayn Rand Interview with Tom Snyder - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4doTzCs9lEc Ayn Rand Interview with Tom Snyder (2/3) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ex-rVkOFHU (2:05 - if you know this life is all you have; 3:20 - I will not die, it’s the world that will end; 4:40 - most dangerous thing are universities; 7:05 - what will save this country is the people;) Ayn Rand Interview with Tom Snyder (3/3) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFy9A7WEzPA (1:20 - value of selfishness; 2:20 - exchange of Christmas presents; 3:35 - no love marriage story; 5:10 - most immoral thing on earth, to attack for virtues; 7:45 - if anyone destroys this country, it will be the conservatives; 8:25 - I love this country) Ayn Rand Interviewed By Phil Donahue - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZqKpfVW0i0 (9:00 - what’s wrong with committing suicide;) Ayn Rand: Philosophy, Objectivism, Self Interest (full interview with Aaron Brook) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=089xOB9bbhU&t=2128s (10:03 - overview;) The Philosophy of BioShock - Wisecrack Edition - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKf4MtZ4RQA Notes: Reality exists as an objective absolute. Man’s mind—reason—is his means of perceiving it. And that man needs a rational morality. A philosophy not based on arbitrary things like emotion. REASON is only guide to action. Man must lead by independent judgement of his own mind. Each man must live as an and of himself and follow in his own rational self interest. FREE WILL Disdain for altruism Objective Reality (facts are facts whether we like it or not), Reason (the interpreter of material provided by mans senses is “man's only means of perceiving reality, his only source of knowledge, his only guide to action, and his basic means of survival), Self-Interest (man—every man—is an end to himself, not an end for others), Capitalism (laissez faire, traders by free voluntary exchange) Defines altruism as the contention that service to others is the only moral justification for his existence, that self-sacrifice is his highest moral duty