People often suggest that ethical egoism -- such as that advocated by Ayn Rand -- promotes unfriendly if not hostile behavior toward other people. Ultimately, the egoist cares for himself above everything else, perhaps to the point that the...
Recently, Richard Dawkins spoke of an incident in which an adult supervising him sexually molested him. Dawkins said that, at the time, he didn't understand what happened, and that he didn't physically struggle against the molester. Nor did he...
How would the government in a rational, free-market system handle people and businesses, such as the Psychic Friends Network, which claim to have psychic powers (such as being able to talk to the dead) and charge the gullible hundreds of dollars...
In the October 7, 2013 podcast, you mentioned that people have a difficult time understanding how exercising benevolence towards one's friends is egoistic and self-interested. Instead, they think that being benevolent toward anyone is...
Because you've taught at the university level, I want to ask you about integrity in grading as a professor. Suppose you flunked a student who never showed up to class and didn't complete the assigned work adequately. However, this student was...
I have heard libertarians argue that the limited-liability status of corporations allows them to violate rights and not pay the full cost of doing so. I've heard an argument like this: suppose ten billionaires, each with a net worth of $1 billion,...
