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An intro to Ayn Rand’s Philosophy with professor Tara Smith

An intro to Ayn Rand’s Philosophy with professor Tara Smith

Update: 2020-01-28
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On today’s episode John Papola has a long, philosophical conversation with Tara Smith, PhD. Professor Smith is a moral philosopher and philosophy professor at the University of Texas. She also holds the BB&T Chair for the Study of Objectivism.


John and Tara dig into Objectivist philosophy, the belief system created by author and philosopher Ayn Rand. They discuss some of the pillars of the philosophy, human nature, and the complicated relationship between objectivism and religion.




More from our guest:


Curriculum Vitae


University of Texas Bio


Ayn Rand Institute Scholar Bio


Amazon Author Page




References from this episode:


The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand


The Virtue of Selfishness by Ayn Rand


Equal is Unfair by Yaron Brook & Don Watkins


Ayn Rand’s Normative Ethics by Tara Smith


The Pursuit (film)

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An intro to Ayn Rand’s Philosophy with professor Tara Smith

An intro to Ayn Rand’s Philosophy with professor Tara Smith

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