
Ayn Rand, The Virtue of Selfishness - Ethics of Emergencies - Sadler's Lectures
This lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th ce…
Sadler's Lectures · Lectures on classic and contemporary philosophical texts and thinkers by Gregory B. Sadler
December 1, 202511m 52s
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Show Notes
This lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th century philosopher and novelist Ayn Rand's book The Virtue of Selfishness, in particular the chapter "The Ethics of Emergencies"
This focuses specifically on her discussion about what an emergency is, why bad ethics results from taking emergency cases as normative, and when one ought to be willing to risk one's own life or values for during an emergency
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