Implications of and Objections to Life as the Standard

In this episode of “Facts, Values, and Flourishing,” we’ll look at some key implications of Ayn Rand’s derivation of life as the standard of value, and we’ll consider several objections to her approach and conclusions.

Among other things, we’ll consider the link between life-based values and the principle of egoism, how Rand’s derivation of an objective standard of value begins to solve the problem of human sacrifice, and why a commitment to integration is essential to following this vital train of thought.

If you’ve not done so already, download your PDF of the course outline here. (And bear in mind that the outline is just a rough indication of the order in which we’ll cover various ideas.)

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About Craig Biddle

Craig is cofounder and editor of The Objective Standard, cofounder and director of education at Objective Standard Institute, and executive director of Prometheus Foundation. He is the author of Loving Life: The Morality of Self-Interest and the Facts that Support It; Rational Egoism: The Morality for Human Flourishing; and the forthcoming Moral Truths Your Parents, Preachers, and Teachers Don’t Want You to Know. He is currently working on his fourth book, “Thinking in Principles.”

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