During WWII, while American forces battled dictatorial regimes overseas, three writers back home were unleashing a full-scale assault on the ideas at the very base of tyranny. Isabel Paterson’s The God of the Machine, Rose Wilder Lane’s The Discovery of Freedom, and Ayn Rand’s The Fountainhead, all published in 1943, launched the modern American liberty movement. These women, once described as “the three furies of modern libertarianism,” have been the subjects of separate biographies. But Freedom’s Furies by Timothy Sandefur is the first book-length exploration of their relationships and the context surrounding their 1943 books. On February 2—Rand’s birthday—Sandefur I discussed his book and the enduring importance of these three authors.   #IsabelPaterson #RoseWilderLane #history #objectivism #AynRand #philosophy #flourishing   📜 ALSO CHECK OUT:   The Furies: How Isabel Paterson, Rose Wilder Lane, and Ayn Rand Found Liberty in an Age of Darkness, by Timothy Sandefur: https://amzn.to/3kj47dA   The God of the Machine, by Isabel Paterson: https://amzn.to/3lQXZd9   The Discovery of Freedom: Man's Struggle Against Authority, by Rose Wilder Lane: https://amzn.to/3lLpwwy   The Fountainhead, by Ayn Rand: https://amzn.to/3xzPt4P   Free ebook: Introduction to Ayn Rand’s Objectivism: https://bit.ly/3eALZFD   📖 CONFERENCE: LevelUp 2023: Philosophy for Freedom and Flourishing ➔ https://objectivestandard.org/conferences  

Philosopher, author, and teacher Dr. Andrew Bernstein joins Jon to discuss the abysmal state of American education and what parents and educators can do about it. #education #teaching #history #objectivity #AynRand #philosophy #flourishing #MarvaCollins #classroom   📜 ALSO CHECK OUT: Why Johnny Still Can't Read or Write or Understand Math: And What We Can Do About It, by Dr. Andrew Bernstein: https://amzn.to/3YxNtGs Why Johnny Can't Read: And What You Can Do About It, by Rudolf Flesch: https://amzn.to/3WGXrUv The Schools We Need: And Why We Don't Have Them, by E. D. Hirsch: https://amzn.to/3HD8Iki Educational Wastelands: The Retreat from Learning in Our Public Schools, by Arthur Bestor: https://amzn.to/3V4dXwk Free ebook: Introduction to Ayn Rand’s Objectivism: https://bit.ly/3eALZFD   📖 CONFERENCE: LevelUp 2023: Philosophy for Freedom and Flourishing ➔ https://objectivestandard.org/confere...   🔗 LINKS Check out our website ➔ https://objectivestandard.org/ Follow us on Instagram ➔ https://www.instagram.com/objectivest... Follow us on Facebook ➔ https://www.facebook.com/objectivesta... Follow us on Twitter ➔ https://twitter.com/ObjStdInstitute Follow us on LinkedIn ➔ https://www.linkedin.com/company/obje...   📧 CONTACT: [email protected]   Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you’re listening right now.

Philosopher and psychotherapist Jason Stotts returns to discuss the nature of sex and sexual attraction, common misconceptions and errors related to sexuality, and how to improve one’s sex life and relationships. #Objectivism #sex #psychology # #objectivity #AynRand #philosophy #flourishing #sexualethics #emotions 📜 ALSO CHECK OUT: Free ebook: Introduction to Ayn Rand’s Objectivism: https://bit.ly/3eALZFD Eros and Ethos: A New Theory of Sexual Ethics, by Jason Stotts: https://amzn.to/37G9ugM Learn more about our life-changing conference 👉https://objectivestandard.org/tos-con 📖 CONFERENCE: TOS-Con 2022: Philosophy for Freedom and Flourishing ➔ https://objectivestandard.org/tos-con 🔗 LINKS: Check out our website ➔ https://objectivestandard.org/ Follow us on Instagram ➔ https://www.instagram.com/objectivest... Follow us on Facebook ➔ https://www.facebook.com/objectivesta... Follow us on Twitter ➔ https://twitter.com/ObjStdInstitute Follow us on LinkedIn ➔ https://www.linkedin.com/company/obje... 📧 CONTACT: [email protected]

Why is intellectual life in America dominated by ideologues that seem disconnected from reality? How can each of us takes steps toward reviving civil discourse? Dr. Peter Boghossian (@peterboghossian)—author of A Manual for Creating Atheists and How to Have Impossible Conversations—joins Hersey for a discussion of how and why he spearheaded the “street epistemology” movement and lessons learned on communicating across deep divides. #Objectivism #scoutmindset #psychology #objectivity #AynRand #philosophy #flourishing #PeterBoghossian #persuasion #emotions 📜 ALSO CHECK OUT: Free ebook: Introduction to Ayn Rand’s Objectivism: https://bit.ly/3eALZFD How to Have Impossible Conversations, by Peter Boghossian and James Lindsay: https://amzn.to/3FXJ6fe A Manual for Creating Atheists by Peter Boghossian: https://amzn.to/3t4d5Nl Cynical Theories by Helen Pluckrose and James Lindsay: https://amzn.to/3sCTy6c Explaining Postmodernism by Stephen Hicks: https://amzn.to/3G1J0mD “How French ‘Intellectuals’ Ruined the West” by Helen Pluckrose: https://areomagazine.com/2017/03/27/h... University of Austin: https://www.uaustin.org/ “‘Idea Laundering’ in Academia” by Peter Boghossian: wsj.com/articles/idea-laundering-in-academia-11574634492 Beyond Woke with Peter Boghossian (Substack, Reverse Q&A Tour): https://boghossian.substack.com/ Peter’s site: https://peterboghossian.com/ Learn more about our life-changing conference 👉https://objectivestandard.org/tos-con 📖 CONFERENCE: TOS-Con 2022: Philosophy for Freedom and Flourishing ➔ https://objectivestandard.org/tos-con 🔗 LINKS: Check out our website ➔ https://objectivestandard.org/ Follow us on Instagram ➔ https://www.instagram.com/objectivest... Follow us on Facebook ➔ https://www.facebook.com/objectivesta... Follow us on Twitter ➔ https://twitter.com/ObjStdInstitute Follow us on LinkedIn ➔ https://www.linkedin.com/company/obje... 📧 CONTACT: [email protected] Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you’re listening right now.

Our emotions are our means of experiencing our values, so it’s extraordinarily important to grasp why we feel the way we do and how to change it when our emotional lives are just not ideal. In this conversation, psychotherapist and philosopher Jason Stotts shares his conceptual framework for navigating the human emotional landscape. Stotts, author of Eros and Ethos: A New Theory of Sexual Ethics, also shares tips and techniques for using his sentiments-based framework to improve your life.   #Objectivism #scoutmindset #psychology # #objectivity #AynRand #philosophy #flourishing #sex #sexuality #emotions   📜 ALSO CHECK OUT:   Free ebook: Introduction to Ayn Rand’s Objectivism: https://bit.ly/3eALZFD   Eros and Ethos: A New Theory of Sexual Ethics, by Jason Stotts: https://amzn.to/37G9ugM   Learn more about our life-changing conference 👉https://objectivestandard.org/tos-con   📖 CONFERENCE: TOS-Con 2022: Philosophy for Freedom and Flourishing ➔ https://objectivestandard.org/tos-con   🔗 LINKS: Check out our website ➔ https://objectivestandard.org/ Follow us on Instagram ➔ https://www.instagram.com/objectivestandardinstitute/ Follow us on Facebook ➔ https://www.facebook.com/objectivestandard Follow us on Twitter ➔ https://twitter.com/ObjStdInstitute Follow us on LinkedIn ➔ https://www.linkedin.com/company/objectivestandardinstitute/   📧 CONTACT: [email protected]   Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you’re listening right now.

Are you interested in learning about Ayn Rand's Objectivism? Check out this FREE ebook: 👉https://bit.ly/3eALZFD   Thomas Reid, founder of the philosophic school of common-sense realism, substantially refuted the skeptics of his time (e.g., George Berkely and David Hume) by defending the validity of sense perception and the efficacy of man’s mind. Although religious, Reid argued that self-interest plays an important role in ethics, that our fundamental means of achieving our life-serving values is our reasoning mind, and that doing so requires considering the entirety of our lives and the full context of our knowledge. Jon Hersey compares and contrasts various aspects of Reid’s and Ayn Rand’s ideas, showing how both thinkers worked toward creating a rational, observation-based philosophy for flourishing.   Check back here for the next iteration of OSI’s “Ayn Rand Integrations” course: https://objectivestandard.org/courses   #Objectivism #CareerAdvice #weightlifting # #objectivity #AynRand #philosophy #flourishing   📜 ALSO CHECK OUT:   “Common Sense for Objectivists: Five Reasons for Fans of Ayn Rand to Study Thomas Reid” by Jon Hersey: https://theobjectivestandard.com/2021/02/common-sense-for-objectivists-five-reasons-for-fans-of-ayn-rand-to-study-thomas-reid/   Learn more about our life-changing conference 👉https://objectivestandard.org/tos-con   📖 COURSES: Teaching Objectivism with the Principle of Purpose ➔ https://bit.ly/31Ww6XH The Fountainhead Reading Group ➔ https://bit.ly/3E5eJAC   🔗 LINKS: Check out our website ➔ https://objectivestandard.org/ Follow us on Instagram ➔ https://www.instagram.com/objectivestandardinstitute/ Follow us on Facebook ➔ https://www.facebook.com/objectivestandard Follow us on Twitter ➔ https://twitter.com/ObjStdInstitute Follow us on LinkedIn ➔ https://www.linkedin.com/company/objectivestandardinstitute/   📧 CONTACT: [email protected]   Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you’re listening right now.

Are you interested in learning about Ayn Rand's Objectivism? Check out this FREE ebook: 👉https://bit.ly/3eALZFD   Micaela Richmond—of “In Bloom: A Pro-Humanity Podcast”—interviews Jon Hersey about religion, atheism, Objectivism, consciousness, concepts, liberty, history, and more.    Subscribe to In Bloom here: https://bit.ly/3ICD7vM   #Objectivism #CareerAdvice #weightlifting # #objectivity #AynRand #philosophy #flourishing   📜 ALSO CHECK OUT:   Learn more about our life-changing conference 👉https://objectivestandard.org/tos-con   📖 COURSES: Teaching Objectivism with the Principle of Purpose ➔ https://bit.ly/31Ww6XH The Fountainhead Reading Group ➔ https://bit.ly/3E5eJAC   🔗 LINKS: Check out our website ➔ https://objectivestandard.org/ Follow us on Instagram ➔ https://www.instagram.com/objectivestandardinstitute/ Follow us on Facebook ➔ https://www.facebook.com/objectivestandard Follow us on Twitter ➔ https://twitter.com/ObjStdInstitute Follow us on LinkedIn ➔ https://www.linkedin.com/company/objectivestandardinstitute/   📧 CONTACT: [email protected]   Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you’re listening right now.

Ayn Rand was one of the most influential intellectuals of the 20th century, and her works continue to sell hundreds of thousands of copies each year. A 1998 poll conducted by Modern Library ranked Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead as the first and second greatest novels of the century, with Rand’s Anthem and We the Living coming in at seven and eight. Reader polls have also ranked Atlas as the most influential book in the world behind only the Bible. Yet Rand is often misunderstood, even vilified.   In this talk, Jon Hersey sheds light on Rand’s philosophy by placing it within the context of intellectual history, comparing and contrasting aspects of Objectivism with ideas from a handful of important thinkers, from Plato and Aristotle to Immanuel Kant and Ludwig von Mises. Join Hersey on a tour through the history of ideas for a new perspective on Ayn Rand’s philosophy and its historical importance.   Are you interested in learning about Ayn Rand's Objectivism? Check out this FREE ebook: 👉https://bit.ly/3eALZFD   #Objectivism #CareerAdvice #weightlifting # #objectivity #AynRand #philosophy #flourishing   ⏰ TIMESTAMPS:   0:00 Introduction 10:54 The Sophist’s philosophy of "might makes right" 12:39 Plato's justification for a Philosopher King 20:45 Aristotle's philosophy of this world 26:59 John Locke's influence on the Founding Fathers 28:32 Immanuel Kant's ideas of duty and the mind shaping reality 42:10 Ayn Rand's revival of the Enlightenment 49:15 Q&A   📜 ALSO CHECK OUT:   Learn more about our life-changing conference 👉https://objectivestandard.org/tos-con   📖 COURSES: Teaching Objectivism with the Principle of Purpose ➔ https://bit.ly/31Ww6XH The Fountainhead Reading Group ➔ https://bit.ly/3E5eJAC   🔗 LINKS: Check out our website ➔ https://objectivestandard.org/ Follow us on Instagram ➔ https://www.instagram.com/objectivestandardinstitute/ Follow us on Facebook ➔ https://www.facebook.com/objectivestandard Follow us on Twitter ➔ https://twitter.com/ObjStdInstitute Follow us on LinkedIn ➔ https://www.linkedin.com/company/objectivestandardinstitute/   📧 CONTACT: [email protected]   Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you’re listening right now.

Jackson Upmann asks Jon his questions on philosophy and flourishing. The discussion ranges over what philosophy can and cannot tell us about career choices, the nature of values, life as the standard of value, and more.   #Objectivism #CareerAdvice #weightlifting #objectivity #AynRand #philosophy #flourishing   Are you interested in learning about Ayn Rand's Objectivism? Check out this FREE ebook: 👉https://bit.ly/3eALZFD   📜 ALSO CHECK OUT:   Learn more about our life-changing conference 👉https://objectivestandard.org/tos-con   📖 COURSES: Teaching Objectivism with the Principle of Purpose ➔ https://bit.ly/31Ww6XH The Fountainhead Reading Group ➔ https://bit.ly/3E5eJAC   🔗 LINKS: Check out our website ➔ https://objectivestandard.org/ Follow us on Instagram ➔ https://www.instagram.com/objectivestandardinstitute/ Follow us on Facebook ➔ https://www.facebook.com/objectivestandard Follow us on Twitter ➔ https://twitter.com/ObjStdInstitute Follow us on LinkedIn ➔ https://www.linkedin.com/company/objectivestandardinstitute/   📧 CONTACT: [email protected]   Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you’re listening right now.

The basic ideas that people accept are like a computer’s operating system. If the OS has bugs and is vulnerable to viruses, it wreaks havoc on the machine and its user. The same goes for a person’s fundamental ideas about the nature of the world, his means of gaining knowledge, and what he ought to do with his life. In this episode, Jon gives an overview of some of the ideas that have aided progress, and some that have hindered it.   #Aristotle #Plato #AynRand # #objectivity #ImmanualKant #philosophy #flourishing   Are you interested in learning about Ayn Rand's Objectivism? Check out this FREE ebook: 👉https://bit.ly/3eALZFD   ⏰ TIMESTAMPS:   0:00 Introduction 2:36 Plato's World of Forms and the Philosopher Dictatorship 6:22 Aristotle's philosophy of this world 10:22 Immanuel Kant and the Phenomenal Realm vs the Noumenal Realm 16:15 Ayn Rand's revival of Aristotle 21:08 Final comments   📜 ALSO CHECK OUT:   The Scout Mindset by Julia Galef: https://amzn.to/32N9J6T   The Cave and the Light by Arthur Herman, reviewed by Jon Hersey: https://theobjectivestandard.com/2016/08/the-cave-and-the-light-plato-versus-aristotle-and-the-struggle-for-the-soul-of-western-civilization-arthur-herman/   “Aristotle Versus Religion” by Andrew Bernstein: https://theobjectivestandard.com/2014/02/aristotle-versus-religion/   Learn more about our life-changing conference 👉https://objectivestandard.org/tos-con   📖 COURSES: Teaching Objectivism with the Principle of Purpose ➔ https://bit.ly/31Ww6XH The Fountainhead Reading Group ➔ https://bit.ly/3E5eJAC   🔗 LINKS: Check out our website ➔ https://objectivestandard.org/ Follow us on Instagram ➔ https://www.instagram.com/objectivestandardinstitute/ Follow us on Facebook ➔ https://www.facebook.com/objectivestandard Follow us on Twitter ➔ https://twitter.com/ObjStdInstitute Follow us on LinkedIn ➔ https://www.linkedin.com/company/objectivestandardinstitute/   📧 CONTACT: [email protected]   Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you’re listening right now.