The Menace of Pragmatism: How Aversion to Principle Is Destroying America (MP3 download) About Ayn Rand

The Menace of Pragmatism: How Aversion to Principle Is Destroying America (MP3 download) About Ayn RandBy Tara Smith ARC Speaker Series; December 8, 2008 Shouldnt we be pragmatic? While Americans disagree vehemently about all manner of moral and political issues, beneath that disagreement rests the shared presumption that the way forward is always through moderation and compromise. In intellectual methodi. e., in our way of addressing problems and disagreementsAmericans are united as pragmatists. Contrary to pragmatisms image of reason and practical

President Roosevelt and the New Deal

the process by which information is reflected in asset prices

Philosophers who teach that emotions bypass the mind

This four-lecture series features sessions on: Justice

Is it rational to pursue one’s own happiness at the expense of others

"—Andrew Bernstein

This talk was recorded at the 2006 Objectivist Summer Conference in Boston

policy is the moral ideal championed by Ayn Rand: rational self-interest

- Man’s Rights

Is it moral

I don’t think it’s up to me any longer

John Locke was responsible for the existence of the United States