This quintessentially Ayn Rand quip captures and implies the entire Objectivist philosophy, "A is A" to rational selfishness to the politics of laissez-faire and the esthetics of Romantic Realism. This episode shows how and why.

The Ayn Rand Institute's weekly podcast exploring pressing cultural issues from the perspective of Ayn Rand’s philosophy, Objectivism, which upholds the ideals of reason, individualism, and capitalism.

Don Watkins is a public intellectual, speaker, podcaster and author of nonfiction works such as Free Market Revolution and Equal is Unfair and the crime thriller I am Justice. Having made a career writing about philosophy for the last two decades, we are delighted to welcome him to Edinburgh to talk with us about political philosophy and the impact bad philosophy can have upon our liberties. How we think about issues such as these will deeply impact the future of our country, so please come reflect on these issues with us and join in for the Q&A.

The Ayn Rand Institute's weekly podcast exploring pressing cultural issues from the perspective of Ayn Rand’s philosophy, Objectivism, which upholds the ideals of reason, individualism, and capitalism.

The issue of Scottish independence has been a persistent issue for our country for decades now. With the SNP moving to hold a second referendum on this issue later next year, and with independence movements ever more across Europe, there is a pressing need for our sincere reflection on this matter.

The Ayn Rand Institute's weekly podcast exploring pressing cultural issues from the perspective of Ayn Rand’s philosophy, Objectivism, which upholds the ideals of reason, individualism, and capitalism.

Session open to the public (please confirm your presence at this event for space management): Yaron Brook, Chairman of the Ayn Rand Institute comes to Lisbon to the historic Grémio Literário for a session organized by the Libertarian Party Association and with the contribution of Students For Liberty Portugal (SFL).

Oxford Philosophy professor William MacAskill has quickly become noteworthy as the guru of the "effective altruism" movement. This movement supposedly applies a rational, data-driven perspective to selecting the charitable causes that do the most good. In his latest book, What We Owe the Future, MacAskill claims that true effective altruists pay careful attention to the welfare of the people of the distant future. Should we be concerned about the kinds of future doomsday scenarios MacAskill conjures -- rule by artificial intelligence, global nuclear war, environmental catastrophe? Do we have obligations to people in the distant future? Join Don Watkins, Mike Mazza, and Ben Bayer to discuss what MacAskill's focus reveals about the core premises of the "effective altruist" movement, and about the moral code of altruism as such.

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