Ayn Rand: Q & A on Objectivism (MP3 download)

By Ayn Rand From 1962-1966, Ayn Rand conducted a series of radio interviews at Columbia University’s student run radio station, WKCR. The series, entitled “Ayn Rand on Campus,” featured Rand and her associates lecturing and answering questions on a wide array of subjects. In this recorded interview, Rand responds to questions about her philosophy of Objectivism.   Subjects addressed include: The equal application of philosophy to men of differing abilities The role of philosophy in Rand’s novels The purpose of morality How a society’s dominant philosophy influences social structure The process of gradual philosophical change The dominant philosophies of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries The inability of nineteenth-century thinkers such as Mill, Bentham and Spencer to defend capitalism The influence on capitalism and socialism of Kant, Marx, Hegel, Fichte, Locke and Aristotle Rand’s assessment of contemporary society Sacrifice and altruism through the ages The intellectual developments behind the founding of the United States The need to discover what actions are in one’s self-interest, and the reasons why not all desired actions necessarily fall into that category How interested individuals can help move a culture in a more rational direction. (MP3 download; 28 min., 15.24 MB) The description of this product was written and/or edited by ARI staff.