Philosophy For Flourishing
79 episodes - English - Latest episode: 3 months ago -Philosophy for Flourishing, a podcast of OSI, explores principles and practices for achieving and maintaining physical and spiritual health, and generally living the happiest, most fulfilling life possible. Join Jon Hersey and guests for rich conversations and useful ideas.
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Who is John Galt Mortgage Company?
February 12, 2024 04:30 - 56 minutes - 51.8 MBMitchell Broderick and Tim Chermak join me to discuss their new company and how they’re using it to both promote rational philosophy and upend an industry.
Ayn Rand’s Objectivist Ethics: A Rational Approach to Living the Good Life
February 12, 2024 04:27 - 41 minutes - 38.4 MBThis show is all about principles and practices for living the best, most fulfilling life possible, so in this episode, I figured I’d dig into the ideas of a thinker who identified a novel approach to philosophy, the goal of which is to help people flourish. That philosopher is Ayn Rand, and her Objectivist ethics begins with observations of the facts of human life (and life in general) to define a reality-based approach to living one’s best life. Enjoy! And as always, leave me your question...
Freedom’s Furies: Timothy Sandefur on the Importance of Isabel Paterson, Rose Wilder Lane, and Ayn Rand | Philosophy for Flourishing, Episode 61
March 20, 2023 10:13 - 1 hour - 64.9 MBDuring 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 Fr...
Awful Schools and What to Do
December 26, 2022 23:31 - 50 minutes - 46.7 MBPhilosopher, 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 Fle...
Sex, Attraction, and Healthy Relationships | Philosophy for Flourishing, Episode 59
July 22, 2022 05:10 - 1 hour - 80.9 MBPhilosopher 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...
Peter Boghossian on Civil Discourse and Why It’s So Hard | Philosophy for Flourishing, Episode 58
May 21, 2022 01:34 - 1 hour - 65.6 MBWhy 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 #AynRa...
Navigating Your Emotional Landscape, with Jason Stotts
April 28, 2022 23:09 - 1 hour - 80.6 MBOur 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. ...
Navigating Your Emotional Landscape, with Jason Stotts
April 28, 2022 23:09Our 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, Common-Sense Realism, and Flourishing | Philosophy for Flourishing, Episode 56
April 08, 2022 23:16 - 1 hour - 86.8 MBAre 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 ...
Objectivism, Common-Sense Realism, and Flourishing
April 08, 2022 23:16 - 1 hour - 86.8 MBAre 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 ...
Religion, Objectivism, Consciousness, & Liberty
April 02, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour - 85.1 MBAre 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...
Religion, Objectivism, Consciousness, & Liberty | Philosophy for Flourishing, Episode 55
April 02, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour - 85.1 MBAre 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...
Ayn Rand’s Place in Intellectual History
March 25, 2022 18:35 - 1 hour - 87.2 MBAyn 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 v...
Jon and Jackson: Optional Values, Career, and Hobbies
February 02, 2022 17:14 - 43 minutes - 40.2 MBJackson 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-changin...
The Operating System of Progress
January 26, 2022 18:43 - 22 minutes - 30.6 MBThe 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 #ImmanualKan...
Scout Mindset: Seeing the World More Clearly
January 05, 2022 17:52 - 25 minutes - 35.7 MBJulia Galef’s The Scout Mindset was one of my favorite books of 2021. It’s loaded with great tips for thinking more clearly and thereby improving your life. Here, I talk about what scout mindset is, why it’s powerful, and how to make it second nature. #independence #rationality #scoutmindset #objectivity #rationalism #philosophy #flourishing Are you interested in learning about Ayn Rand's Objectivism? Check out this FREE ebook: 👉https://bit.ly/3eALZFD ⏰ TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 In...
Independence and the Socratic Method, with Michael Strong
December 22, 2021 15:49 - 48 minutes - 67.4 MBMichael Strong is an education serial entrepreneur and the author of The Habit of Thought: From Socratic Seminars to Socratic Practice and Be the Solution: How Entrepreneurs and Conscious Capitalism Can Solve All the World’s Problems. Here, we discuss the virtue of independence and how the Socratic method can be used to cultivate it in oneself and others. #independence #education #montessori # #socraticmethod #socrates #philosophy #flourishing Do you lack purpose? Check out this ...
Cal Newport on Flourishing at Work
December 01, 2021 16:37 - 1 hour - 61.7 MBCal Newport is a computer science professor at Georgetown University and the bestselling author of So Good They Can’t Ignore You, Deep Work, Digital Minimalism, and most recently, A World Without Email. In this episode, we talk about how the “hyperactive hive mind” approach to work undermines our productivity and happiness, what he’s learned from heroes like Lincoln and Socrates about building a better world, considerations surrounding the choice to have kids, and much more. Subscribe...
Moral Character, Freedom, and Flourishing, with Lawrence Reed
November 24, 2021 16:30 - 45 minutes - 41.9 MBJust as we can build muscle, so we can build moral character—and we must if we want to flourish. Jon discusses morality and flourishing with Lawrence Reed, president emeritus of the Foundation for Economic Education. Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you’re listening right now. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/objectivestandard Twitter: https://twitter.com/ObjStdInstitute LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/objectivestandardinstitute/ Email J...
Live like an Artist
November 17, 2021 12:07 - 15 minutes - 21.7 MBThe artist’s job is to determine what is worthy of contemplation, and then to convey it via appropriate means. How can we adopt and apply the skill of prospecting for value, even if we’re not artists? Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you’re listening right now. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/objectivestandard Twitter: https://twitter.com/ObjStdInstitute LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/objectivestandardinstitute/ Email Jon at jon@object...
Business, History, and Morality, with Gary Hoover
November 10, 2021 16:39 - 1 hour - 82.1 MBJon speaks with entrepreneur and business history chronicler Gary Hoover about the history and morality of business, and what makes people and their businesses thrive. Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you’re listening right now. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/objectivestandard Twitter: https://twitter.com/ObjStdInstitute LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/objectivestandardinstitute/ Email Jon at [email protected] with questions, c...
Stories in Paint, with Luc Travers
November 03, 2021 13:39 - 43 minutes - 40.4 MBJon speaks with art expert Luc Travers about how to “read” paintings and extract meaningful experiences from them. Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you’re listening right now. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/objectivestandard Twitter: https://twitter.com/ObjStdInstitute LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/objectivestandardinstitute/ Email Jon at [email protected] with questions, comments, or topic suggestions. Also check out: ...
Literature and Flourishing
October 27, 2021 13:33 - 44 minutes - 61.6 MBJon speaks with Dr. Andrew Bernstein about literature and how great stories enhance our lives. Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you’re listening right now. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/objectivestandard Twitter: https://twitter.com/ObjStdInstitute LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/objectivestandardinstitute/ Email Jon at [email protected] with questions, comments, or topic suggestions. Also check out: “Get More Enjoymen...
Relationship Maintenance
October 22, 2021 15:45 - 25 minutes - 23.8 MBJon and his wife Rosalee demonstrate John Gottman’s “state of our union” exercise and explain how it can help to improve romantic relationships. Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you’re listening right now. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/objectivestandard Twitter: https://twitter.com/ObjStdInstitute LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/objectivestandardinstitute/ Email Jon at [email protected] with questions, comments, or topic sugge...
John Chisholm on Aiming at the Right “Diversity” in Higher Ed
October 06, 2021 18:15 - 35 minutes - 32.3 MBJon speaks with John Chisholm—entrepreneur, investor, and author—about the problems with the higher ed push for “diversity” and how to correct it. Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you’re listening right now. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/objectivestandard Twitter: https://twitter.com/ObjStdInstitute LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/objectivestandardinstitute/ Email Jon at [email protected] with questions, comments, or topic sug...
Freedom, Flourishing, and Atlas Shrugged, with Antonio Saravia
September 08, 2021 16:02 - 48 minutes - 67.3 MBJon speaks with Dr. Antonio Saravia—economics professor and director of the Center for the Study of Economics and Liberty at Mercer University—about socialism and stagnation, freedom and flourishing, and teaching competing ideas in the college classroom. Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you’re listening right now. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/objectivestandard Twitter: https://twitter.com/ObjStdInstitute LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/obj...
Benjamin Franklin’s Principles for Freedom and Flourishing
September 01, 2021 11:57 - 57 minutes - 54.6 MBBenjamin Franklin’s life story is a testament to the fact that free men may rise as high as their ambition will take them. His inventions include not only useful gadgets and live-saving devices but also the genre of self-development nonfiction. With only two years of formal schooling, he managed to become one of the greatest scientists of his age and one of the greatest statesmen in history. Jon Hersey spotlights the principles of freedom and flourishing that we can learn from “the First Ame...
Fostering Independence in Early Childhood
August 06, 2021 16:15 - 39 minutes - 53.9 MBHow can we help young children develop? Can we do anything to accelerate language acquisition? Is a structured curriculum best, or should children be allowed to explore their interests—and to what extent, if so? I speak with Mike Gustafson of Atlas Academy about the Montessori method, how and why it works, and how developments within the method might impact the future of education. Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you’re listening right now. Facebook: https://w...
Frédéric Chopin in Tolkien, Green Book, and Prometheus
July 14, 2021 21:37 - 41 minutes - 57.7 MBI speak with Juilliard-trained musician F. F. Mormanni about the 19th-century Romantic composer Frédéric Chopin; his music in Prometheus, Tolkien, and Green Book; and what listening to such a virtuoso pianist adds to our lives. Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you’re listening right now. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/objectivestandard Twitter: https://twitter.com/ObjStdInstitute LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/objectivestandardinstitute/ ...
Spiritual Values and Success
July 07, 2021 19:11 - 17 minutes - 24.2 MBI recently spoke with organizational psychologist and bestselling author Adam Grant, and our conversation highlighted the importance of spiritual values and how they impact success. Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you’re listening right now. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/objectivestandard Twitter: https://twitter.com/ObjStdInstitute LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/objectivestandardinstitute/ Email Jon at [email protected] wit...
Rajshree Agarwal on Purpose and Profit
June 30, 2021 20:52 - 30 minutes - 42.6 MBRajshree Agarwal and I discuss how she became interested in helping people home in on a central purpose, the relation of purpose to independence, and how both of these enable people to create marketable values. Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you’re listening right now. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/objectivestandard Twitter: https://twitter.com/ObjStdInstitute LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/objectivestandardinstitute/ Email Jon at ...
Mozart’s Music for the Mind
June 09, 2021 23:09 - 37 minutes - 51.8 MBI speak with F. F. Mormanni, a Juilliard trained musician, about what Mozart offers modern listeners and how to reap that value. TOS-Con details and registration: https://objectivestandard.org/tos-con Get your free copy of Loving Life by Craig Biddle here: https://objectivestandard.org/lovinglife Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you’re listening right now. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/objectivestandard Twitter: https://twitter.com/ObjStdInst...
Building Relationships on Shared Values: A Tale from TOS-Con
June 02, 2021 23:12 - 16 minutes - 23.4 MBI speak with Caitlyn Machiraju, an independent and ambitious young woman who not only landed a job, but also met her husband at our annual conference, TOS-Con: Philosophy for Freedom and Flourishing. TOS-Con details and registration: https://objectivestandard.org/tos-con Get your free copy of Loving Life by Craig Biddle here: https://objectivestandard.org/lovinglife Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you’re listening right now. Facebook: https://www.f...
Aristotle on Means, Ends, and the Good Life
May 20, 2021 02:32 - 18 minutes - 26.2 MBIt is clarifying to periodically reflect on the various means-ends relationships in our lives, to re-evaluate whether we’re choosing the right means for our chosen ends, and to think about whether these add up to a worthwhile life. Get your free copy of Loving Life by Craig Biddle here: https://objectivestandard.org/lovinglife Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you’re listening right now. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/objectivestandard Twitter: http...
Building a Career without Credentials, with Cameron Sorsby
May 07, 2021 12:54 - 44 minutes - 61.9 MBYou don’t need a college degree or a stamp of approval to build a career you love. Praxis CEO Cameron Sorsby joins Jon to discuss the mindset and skills that anyone can apply to open doors of opportunity today. Get your free copy of Loving Life by Craig Biddle here: https://objectivestandard.org/lovinglife Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you’re listening right now. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/objectivestandard Twitter: https://twitter.com/ObjStd...
WandaVision and the Serenity Prayer
April 28, 2021 17:05 - 34 minutes - 31.9 MBMarvel’s WandaVision shows that to live a good life, we must accept the facts, even when painful, including the fact that individuals must be free to act on their own judgment in order to flourish. Get your free copy of Loving Life by Craig Biddle here: https://objectivestandard.org/lovinglife Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you’re listening right now. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/objectivestandard Twitter: https://twitter.com/ObjStdInstitute L...
CPR for an Overwhelmed Mind
April 21, 2021 18:49 - 23 minutes - 21.6 MBRobert Begley joins Jon to discuss techniques for keeping your head above water and focusing on your most important work. Get your free copy of Loving Life by Craig Biddle here: https://objectivestandard.org/lovinglife Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you’re listening right now. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/objectivestandard Twitter: https://twitter.com/ObjStdInstitute LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/objectivestandardinstitute/ Ema...
2,000-Year-Old Ideas for Flourishing Today: Aristotle’s Ethics
April 14, 2021 14:23 - 25 minutes - 23.2 MBWith his Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle aimed to create a guide for flourishing, and he brought a tremendous depth and breadth of knowledge to the task. Get your free copy of Loving Life by Craig Biddle here: https://objectivestandard.org/lovinglife Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you’re listening right now. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/objectivestandard Twitter: https://twitter.com/ObjStdInstitute LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/obj...
Helping the Best Ideas Rise to the Top: an Interview with Elliott Hill
April 07, 2021 16:12 - 21 minutes - 29.5 MBElliott Hill joins Jon for a discussion of his new website, Enlightenmore.com, which brings together arguments for and against various philosophic, economic, and political positions. Get your free copy of Loving Life by Craig Biddle here: https://objectivestandard.org/lovinglife Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you’re listening right now. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/objectivestandard Twitter: https://twitter.com/ObjStdInstitute LinkedIn: https...
Creating Opportunities: an Interview with Hannah Frankman
March 31, 2021 13:50 - 40 minutes - 37.3 MBHannah Frankman talks about her early introduction to alternative education and how it helped her develop a mindset and skills for creating value and getting paid for her work. Check out her upcoming course, “The Art of Finding and Creating Opportunity,” here: https://objectivestandard.org/product/the-art-of-opportunity-april-2021 Get your free copy of Loving Life by Craig Biddle here: https://objectivestandard.org/lovinglife Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever ...
A Simple Technique for Thinking More Clearly
March 24, 2021 14:03 - 23 minutes - 31.9 MBClearly formulating our thoughts is a challenge we all face, and it affects all aspects of our lives. Here’s a standing order for thinking more clearly, whether about our own thoughts or those of others. Get your free copy of Loving Life by Craig Biddle here: https://objectivestandard.org/lovinglife Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you’re listening right now. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/objectivestandard Twitter: https://twitter.com/ObjStdInstitu...
Incrementalism in Self-Development and Intellectual Activism
February 11, 2021 14:04 - 34 minutes - 47 MBIt is a plain fact that to get from point A to point B, we must progress one step at a time. But what else can we pull from the principle of incremental progress? Get your free copy of Loving Life by Craig Biddle here: https://objectivestandard.org/lovinglife Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you’re listening right now. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/objectivestandard Twitter: https://twitter.com/ObjStdInstitute LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/...
Free Speech and Conceptual Clarity
January 28, 2021 15:31 - 25 minutes - 34.9 MBWhat is free speech? What is censorship? How does understanding these concepts impact one’s evaluations of social media companies and their policies? Get your free copy of Loving Life by Craig Biddle here: https://objectivestandard.org/lovinglife Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you’re listening right now. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/objectivestandard Twitter: https://twitter.com/ObjStdInstitute LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/objec...
Resolutions and Moral Ambition
January 13, 2021 13:29 - 22 minutes - 31.4 MBAyn Rand said that man is a “being of self-made soul.” In the new year, what will you do to build your moral character? Get your free copy of Loving Life here: https://objectivestandard.org/lovinglife Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you’re listening right now. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/objectivestandard Twitter: https://twitter.com/ObjStdInstitute LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/objectivestandardinstitute/ Email Jon at jon@...
Lessons on Liberty from Ayn Rand and Henry Hazlitt, with Raymond Niles
December 20, 2020 13:48 - 39 minutes - 55.1 MBPolicy proposals of all sorts depend on both moral and economic arguments, yet some claim that these disciplines should not—or cannot—be integrated. Raymond Niles begs to differ. Get your free copy of Loving Life here: https://objectivestandard.org/lovinglife Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you’re listening right now. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/objectivestandard Twitter: https://twitter.com/ObjStdInstitute LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/...
Exploring the History and Philosophy of Liberty, with Eric Daniels
December 16, 2020 17:09 - 41 minutes - 57.3 MBWhy is knowing history vital to living a flourishing life today? What is the proper approach to studying it, and what are the most important events and ideas to understand? Learn more in this wide-ranging discussion with Eric Daniels, assistant director of Clemson University’s Institute for the Study of Capitalism. Get your free copy of Loving Life here: https://objectivestandard.org/lovinglife Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you’re listening right now. ...
Christmas and the Virtues of Greed and Giving
December 15, 2020 18:15 - 19 minutes - 27.3 MBChristmas is a celebration of the rational, selfish desire to make your own life great, which includes spreading joy among those you value. Get your free copy of Loving Life here: https://objectivestandard.org/lovinglife Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you’re listening right now. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/objectivestandard Twitter: https://twitter.com/ObjStdInstitute LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/objectivestandardinstitute/ ...
Whom to Thank on Thanksgiving—and Why
November 25, 2020 18:37 - 20 minutes - 28.5 MBFrom everyone at Objective Standard Institute to everyone who works to create the values on which human life and happiness depend: Thank you. Get your free copy of Loving Life here: https://objectivestandard.org/lovinglife Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you’re listening right now. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/objectivestandard Twitter: https://twitter.com/ObjStdInstitute LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/objectivestandardinstitute/ ...
The Presumption of Liberty vs. the Presumption of Altruism
November 04, 2020 12:30 - 32 minutes - 45.2 MBSome proponents of freedom base their political positions in what they call “the presumption of liberty.” But opponents of freedom easily undercut this with their own moral presumption: “the presumption of altruism.” Get your free copy of Loving Life here: https://objectivestandard.org/lovinglife Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you’re listening right now. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/objectivestandard Twitter: https://twitter.com/ObjStdInstitute ...
On Effectively Defending and Advancing Liberty
October 27, 2020 16:05 - 38 minutes - 53.6 MBDo you want to become a better thinker, a more persuasive writer, and an effective advocate of liberty? Here are some basic principles and resources for defending liberty in a clear and compelling way. Get your free copy of Loving Life here: https://objectivestandard.org/lovinglife Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you’re listening right now. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/objectivestandard Twitter: https://twitter.com/ObjStdInstitute LinkedIn: ht...