What major life lessons can we learn from philosopher Ayn Rand?

Among the topics covered:

● Rand’s conviction that business is a moral activity;
○ Why not all businessmen live up to the essence of their profession;
○ The moral radicalism of Rand’s view of business;
● Rand’s portrayal of career as a source of joy;
○ Rand’s unique view of the role of the material world in a spiritual life;
○ The effort and thought needed to find joy in a career;
○ The distinctive inspirational value of The Fountainhead’s portrayal of career;
● Rand’s rejection of unearned guilt;
○ Her condemnation of the idea of original sin;
○ The connection between unearned guilt and altruism;
● Rand’s view that the pursuit of happiness is a moral endeavor;
○ The dedication required to truly pursue happiness;
● Rand’s view of what we owe each other;
● How to overcome unearned guilt induced by conventional morality.

00:00 Introduction
03:02 Rand: business is moral
09:26 Some businessmen's failures
13:53 Rand's moral radicalism
15:31 Business as a source of joy
21:51 Material world, spiritual life
24:47 The effort needed to find career joy
27:47 Inspiration from The Fountainhead
30:38 Rejecting unearned guilt
33:31 Condemning original sin
40:13 Unearned guilt and altruism
44:05 Pursuing happiness is moral
48:08 The effort needed to find happiness
53:13 What we owe each other
56:57 Overcoming unearned guilt

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