How to Dissuade an Altruist (MP3 download) Leonard Peikoff at the Ford Hall Forum

How to Dissuade an Altruist (MP3 download) Leonard Peikoff at the Ford Hall ForumBy Peter Schwartz Every conclusion one reaches is conditioned by a certain context of knowledge, a context ordinarily consisting of a number of premises. In any intellectual discussion, therefore, we must consider our audiences cognitive context. What then must we consider when trying to dissuade altruists? What are the premises conditioning a belief in the virtue of sacrifice and the evil of selfishness? More important, what is the hierarchical order

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commentary and eye-witness accounts of the two events (Rand was present at the Apollo 11 launch as an invited guest of NASA)

This course focuses on three of these issues—education

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and his influence on Classicism (which has been historically exaggerated)

These two lectures take a fascinating look at the development that certain scenes in The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged went through—in particular

the crucial factors that have made it possible (most notably

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The American School: Why Johnny Can’t Think by Leonard Peikoff

and a proper curriculum