Truth and Toleration
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Objectivity is a core element of rationality, a cardinal virtue in the Objectivist ethics - and in any moral code that aims to help people live their best lives. But practicing objectivity is a challenge in light of emotional and other obstacles. David Kelley offers seven questions to ask ourselves in the effort to practice this virtue and maintain our alignment with reality. The questions are illustrated with examples from business, relationships, political argument, psychology, and other domains.
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In this highly original defense of realism, Atlas Society founder David Kelley argues perception is the direct awareness of objects in the environment, and perception is a reliable foundation for empirical knowledge. This audiobook will be invaluable to philosophers, psychologists, and anyone interested in the complex subject of perceptual theory.
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Teaching Johnny to Think
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Objectivity is a core element of rationality, a cardinal virtue in the Objectivist ethics - and in any moral code that aims to help people live their best lives. But practicing objectivity is a challenge in light of emotional and other obstacles. David Kelley offers seven questions to ask ourselves in the effort to practice this virtue and maintain our alignment with reality. The questions are illustrated with examples from business, relationships, political argument, psychology, and other domains.
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Significant Rationality Basics & Practical Tips.
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Unrugged Individualism
- The Selfish Basis of Benevolence
- By: David Kelley
- Narrated by: Scott R. Smith
- Length: 1 hr and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 11
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 7
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What is the nature of benevolence toward other people? How does it differ from altruism? Is it a major or minor virtue? How does it relate to the benevolent sense of life? David Kelley answers these questions in a groundbreaking work. Unrugged Individualism is the first philosophical analysis of benevolence from the Objectivist point of view, a major addition to the Objectivist ethics, and a convincing demonstration of the fertility of the system of ideas originated by Ayn Rand.
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The Evidence of the Senses
- A Realist Theory of Perception
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- Narrated by: Scott R. Smith
- Length: 9 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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In this highly original defense of realism, Atlas Society founder David Kelley argues perception is the direct awareness of objects in the environment, and perception is a reliable foundation for empirical knowledge. This audiobook will be invaluable to philosophers, psychologists, and anyone interested in the complex subject of perceptual theory.
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Ayn Rand and Contemporary Business Ethics
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- Narrated by: Scott R. Smith
- Length: 1 hr and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Contemporary views of business ethics often show businessmen and women in a bad light. Egoism, profits, and competition are branded as immoral, while social consciousness is praised. Atlas Society Senior Scholar Stephen Hicks, PhD, disagrees with this point of view. Most contemporary business ethics does business a disservice. Worse than that, its proposed cures are plagued with unintended consequences that are often much worse than the problems it is attempting to solve. Hicks defends the egoism that drives successful business people and the morality of free-market capitalism.
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Teaching Johnny to Think
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- Narrated by: David Cochran Heath
- Length: 4 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 31
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Dr. Peikoff makes a compelling case for a rational system of education by contrasting three approaches to philosophy and the different educational alternatives they propose to replace our present system. He translates the usual abstract discussions in this field into material easily comprehensible to the listener. In the process, he defines a proper methodology and curriculum that will produce thinking high school graduates confident of their ability to achieve their goals.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent blueprint for thinking educators
- By AMeador1 on 10-23-19
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- Narrated by: Nathaniel Branden
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Explaining Postmodernism (Expanded Edition)
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The Virtue of Selfishness
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The Art of Nonfiction
- By: Ayn Rand
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Rand takes listeners step by step through the writing process, providing insightful observations and invaluable techniques along the way. She discusses the psychological aspects of writing and the roles played by the conscious and subconscious mind. She talks about articles and books, explaining how to select a subject and theme, how to identify your audience, and how to write the first draft.
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Great Content, but the narrator is annoying
- By Ms on 01-26-09
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Return of the Primitive
- The Anti-Industrial Revolution
- By: Ayn Rand, Peter Schwartz
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- Length: 13 hrs and 9 mins
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In the 1960s and early '70s, the most prominent, vocal cultural movement was the New Left: a movement that condemned America and everything it stood for: individualism, material wealth, science, technology, capitalism.
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Anthem
- By: Ayn Rand
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- Length: 2 hrs and 16 mins
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“It is a sin to write this. It is a sin to think words no others think and to put them down upon a paper no others are to see. It is base and evil.” Deep issues of conscience are explored in Ayn Rand’s dystopian tale of a man who dares to fight against a system that invades his very mind and identity.
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Great read!
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The Happiness Hypothesis
- By: Jonathan Haidt
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- Length: 10 hrs and 18 mins
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The Happiness Hypothesis is about ten Great Ideas. Each chapter is an attempt to savor one idea that has been discovered by several of the world's civilizations - to question it in light of what we now know from scientific research, and to extract from it the lessons that still apply to our modern lives and illuminate the causes of human flourishing. Award-winning psychologist Jonathan Haidt, the author of The Righteous Mind, shows how a deeper understanding of the world's philosophical wisdom and its enduring maxims can enrich and even transform our lives.
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Publisher's Summary
Ayn Rand’s novels The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged gave birth to a movement based on her philosophy of objectivism. In The Contested Legacy of Ayn Rand, philosopher David Kelley explains why he broke ranks with orthodox objectivists and created an independent branch of the movement. Originally published in 1990 as a manifesto, the work has been revised as an analysis of the principles of the intellectual collaboration, toleration, and responsibility. It is an engaging introduction to the objectivist movement, its core ideas, and its central fissures. At the same time, it offers a case study in the sociology of intellectual movements and a frank discussion of the issues that arise whenever thinkers leave their studies to promote their ideas in the public realm.
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- 09-23-19
great book
i was half-expecting a libertarian screed but was pleasantly surprised. to put this into context: there are some libertarians who i just can't get enough of, e.g. harry brown, and others who i definitely can get enough of, e.g. ayn rand. before hitting the 'buy' button, i was a little afraid that i'd be getting a rehashed objectivist manifesto. but i was pleasantly surprised. this is an engaging and useful work, l liked it so much i even bought the e-book so i could whisper-sync read it. my only reservation is that the world is a lot rougher than the author knows, but we all get there in our own way.