Perspective Philosophy's channel: https://www.youtube.com/PerspectivePhilosophy07Recorded on September 18, 2022.patreon.com/DanNorton0:00 Intro to me and Ayn Rand’s ethical and political philosophy3:47 Using others. Is it self-interested to rob, rape, murder?6:50 Is it self-interested to be a dictator?8:34 The mental effects on oneself of treating others badly.14:44 What is a correct pleasure and why?19:42 Is dictatorship sustainable? Machiavelli.22:28 What’s the self-harm in treating others badly?28:52 Different ways of relating to others31:33 Lifeboat cases33:37 Rights, coercion, and the mind. 42:09 Successful criminals?45:27 Do criminals suffer mentally even if they aren’t caught? Producers and parasites–why not be the latter?1:04:34 Pleasure and pain. Good and bad. Rape. 1:22:25 Introspection, fallibility, and the experience machine1:27:20 Are knowledge/language/concepts/individuals social? More on introspection and fallibility.1:47:48 Rand’s epistemology. Induction/deduction. Empiricism. Hume. The nature of “universals” and Rand’s theory of concepts.#egoism #aynrand #objectivism #ethics #politics #selfinterest #dictator #pleasure #pain #rights #coercion #mind #reason #force #criminals #producers #parasites #rape #introspection #fallibility #experiencemachine #Kant #Hegel #induction #deduction #epistemology #metaphysics #concepts #empiricism #Hume #universals