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"A Defense of Egoism," with Dr. Bach Ho - The Dan Norton Show #16 by Dan Norton

This is my sixth call to The Majority Report with Sam Seder, a leftist show with about 1.5 million subscribers on YouTube. Here are links to all of my calls, plus a discussion about my calls with a particular focus on ridicule: 1st call: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtYpBQ-hO4w 2nd call: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8suOdCLz00 3rd call: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0tzuhYubew Ridicule:...

Today’s social system in the United States and in other Western countries is often called “capitalism.” But this is a mistake, according to novelist-philosopher Ayn Rand. In this video, I present Rand's view of what capitalism actually is. 0:00 Introduction 1:33 Capitalism's basic principle 3:06 The proper role of government: police, military, courts 4:34 Some implications of no taxes and no regul...

Full clip of my 3rd call to The David Pakman Show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZGrs7XIoOY On February 28, 2024, I made my third call to the largest show I've ever been on, The David Pakman Show, which currently has 2.1 million subscribers on YouTube. Check it out at the link above. Pointer video for my 1st call: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwwsYOkU818 (includes a link to the full call) Po...

Full video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDeA4Tfhhjk https://www.patreon.com/DanNorton #values #ethics #metaethics #descriptive #normative #arbitrary #objectivism #hume #value #selfinterest #aynrand #morality #fact #facts

The full video from which this discussion is excerpted: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttPM_pDtzOo. 0:00 Does putting your own oxygen mask on first exemplify rational self-interest? 6:00 Lifeboat example 8:44 Back to the oxygen mask case 21:26 Morality and practicality 24:41 Back to the oxygen mask case (again) Thumbnail photo by Kenny Eliason on Unsplash. #oxygenmask #selfinterest #altruism #ayn...

Intro 0:00 Ethics 1:21 Does putting your own oxygen mask on first exemplify rational self-interest? 7:20 Lifeboat example 10:05 Back to the oxygen mask case 22:47 Morality and practicality 26:02 Back to the oxygen mask case (again) Metaethics 31:29 How do you justify that you should do what best serves you? 37:16 The primary choice (subsection) Metaphysics 45:17 Analogizing the primary choice to G...

This is my fifth call to The Majority Report with Sam Seder, a leftist show with over a million subscribers on YouTube. Links to all of my calls, plus a discussion about my calls with a particular focus on ridicule: 1st call: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtYpBQ-hO4w 2nd call: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8suOdCLz00 3rd call: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0tzuhYubew Ridicule: https://www....

My complete fourth call: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MheHlEjlwdI&t=8516s. (The link should take you directly to the spot in the full show on The Majority Report's channel where my call starts, i.e., 2 hours, 21 minutes, and 56 seconds. The relevant segment is 9.5 minutes with about a one-minute interruption during which Emma reads unrelated comments from show supporters.) 0:00 Clip of the begi...

In this discussion, I reflect on my calls to The Majority Report, with a particular focus on the aspect of ridicule. The Majority Report is a leftist show hosted by Sam Seder and Emma Vigeland with over a million subscribers on YouTube. I have been on the show five times: 1st call: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtYpBQ-hO4w 2nd call: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8suOdCLz00 3rd call: https://w...

This is my third call to The Majority Report with Sam Seder, a leftist show with over a million subscribers on YouTube. Links to all of my calls, plus a discussion about my calls with a particular focus on ridicule: 1st call: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtYpBQ-hO4w 2nd call: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8suOdCLz00 3rd call: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0tzuhYubew Ridicule: https://www....

This is my second call to The Majority Report with Sam Seder, a leftist show with over a million subscribers on YouTube. Links to all of my calls, plus a discussion about my calls with a particular focus on ridicule: 1st call: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtYpBQ-hO4w 2nd call: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8suOdCLz00 3rd call: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0tzuhYubew Ridicule: https://www...

This is my first call to The Majority Report with Sam Seder, a leftist show with over a million subscribers on YouTube. Links to all of my calls, plus a discussion about my calls with a particular focus on ridicule: 1st call: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtYpBQ-hO4w 2nd call: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8suOdCLz00 3rd call: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0tzuhYubew Ridicule: https://www....

A debate on capitalism with a leftist who heard me on The David Pakman Show (the largest show I’ve ever been on, with nearly two million subscribers on YouTube). 0:00 Intro, background, and Steve’s opening thoughts 12:50 Charity/philanthropy under capitalism; absolute vs. relative poverty; responsibility 26:54 Minimum wage and poverty 29:29 Government programs (e.g., Hoover Dam and highways) and t...

Full clip of my 2nd call to The David Pakman Show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8huXpimHcTc On September 20, 2023, I made my second call to the largest show I've ever been on, The David Pakman Show, which currently has 1.94 million subscribers on YouTube. Check it out at the link above. Pointer video for my 1st call: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwwsYOkU818 (includes a link to the full call)...

A link to the introduction of _What Justice Demands: America and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict_, by Elan Journo, can be found here: https://newideal.aynrand.org/free-read-the-introduction-of-what-justice-demands/ Other free resources on related topics: https://newideal.aynrand.org/aris-resources-on-israel-palestine-and-the-middle-east This video was recorded on Tuesday, October 10, 2023, a few...

Full clip of my 1st call to The David Pakman Show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCKSOls4LFU On June 14, 2023, I called in to the largest show I've ever been on, The David Pakman Show, which currently has 1.9 million subscribers on YouTube. Check it out at the link above. Pointer video for my 2nd call: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1INx9iNG_48 (includes a link to the full call) Pointer video f...

I was recently on @AynRandCentreUK 's YouTube channel to discuss physicalism (similar to materialism), which holds that the mind or consciousness is physical rather than non-physical. Physicalism is a dominant view among academic philosophers today, but I wrote a doctoral dissertation that challenges their arguments in support of it. In this video, which reprises some of the key parts of my disser...

I recently debated capitalism with leftist Matt Binder on his show Doomed. Matt also co-hosts The Majority Report w/Sam Seder on Thursdays. Matt's channel: @MattBinder . 0:00 Intro 1:37 Ayn Rand and Social Security; coming to America from Communist Russia 6:37 Taxes, government funding, and charity 11:02 Why was the welfare state created? 12:00 Nineteenth-century immigration and progress; governme...

I recently crossed the 500-subscriber mark. This video is to celebrate reaching that milestone and help boost me to the next big milestone—1,000 subscribers—at which point I can apply to YouTube to have my channel monetized! Will you help me get there? https://twitter.com/dannorton111 https://www.patreon.com/DanNorton #aynrand #dannorton #youtube #subscribers

This video introduces my recent appearance on the @LotuseatersDotCom podcast to discuss Ayn Rand's ethics. It is part of their Symposium series, hosted by Stelios Panagiotou. The full episode on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDeA4Tfhhjk. 18-minute clip from the episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPsupy4cyls. The full episode can also be found on the Lotus Eaters website: https://w...

Recorded April 7, 2023, during my visit to Scandinavia. 0:00 Intro 1:08 Klaus Nordby, Ayn Rand, and Harry Binswanger’s book How We Know 6:30 Espen Hammer, Objectivism, and Vegard Martinsen 13:16 Is Scandinavia socialist? 18:05 Covid response in Scandinavia vs. the U.S. 20:53 Immigration in Scandinavia and the U.S. 30:25 Ayn Rand (memorabilia) and Friedrich Hayek (The Road to Serfdom) 33:44 Klaus a...

Sinthe's channel: https://www.youtube.com/@Sinthe/about. My chat with Bruh Machine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfpMXfG46Oo. My chat with Aaron Rabinowitz: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dZx_VD54pg. 0:00 Intro 1:25 Egoism and some hypotheticals (e.g., a drowning child) 10:07 Egoism vs. utilitarianism (one's own pleasure vs. pleasure in the abstract) 11:47 The nature of the self (western indi...

Bruh Machine's channel: @bruhmachine7778 . 0:00 Intro 1:07 Ethical debate (including discussion of selfishness, pleasure/pain as the basis for good/bad, and egoism vs. utilitarianism) 1:02:58 Political debate (including discussion of Social Security, immigration, and Nordic countries) 1:54:16 Bruh Machine’s closing statement 1:58:23 Dan’s closing statement https://www.patreon.com/DanNorton Recorde...

Carson's channel: @CarsonHughes85 . 0:00 A primitive society, “taxation is theft” 6:14 Voluntary vs. coercive (fiat) money, and 7:43 the history of currency 11:28 The government’s role and enforcement of contracts 12:51 Who should create money or print dollar bills, if not the government? 18:41 Return to primitive society question: How should it function? Voluntarily. 22:23 Is government control o...