Debating egoism etc. with Perspective Philosophy

Perspective Philosophy's channel: https://www.youtube.com/PerspectivePhilosophy07 Recorded on September 18, 2022. patreon.com/DanNorton 0:00 Intro to me and Ayn Rand’s ethical and political philosophy 3:47 Using others. Is it self-interested to rob, rape, murder? 6:50 Is it self-interested to be a dictator? 8:34 The mental effects on oneself of treating others badly. 14:44 What is a correct pleasure and why? 19:42 Is dictatorship sustainable? Machiavelli. 22:28 What’s the self-harm in treating others badly? 28:52 Different ways of relating to others 31:33 Lifeboat cases 33:37 Rights, coercion, and the mind. 42:09 Successful criminals? 45:27 Do criminals suffer mentally even if they aren’t caught? Producers and parasites–why not be the latter? 1:04:34 Pleasure and pain. Good and bad. Rape. 1:22:25 Introspection, fallibility, and the experience machine 1:27:20 Are knowledge/language/concepts/individuals social? More on introspection and fallibility. 1:47:48 Rand’s epistemology. Induction/deduction. Empiricism. Hume. The nature of “universals” and Rand’s theory of concepts. #egoism #aynrand #objectivism #ethics #politics #selfinterest #dictator #pleasure #pain #rights #coercion #mind #reason #force #criminals #producers #parasites #rape #introspection #fallibility #experiencemachine #Kant #Hegel #induction #deduction #epistemology #metaphysics #concepts #empiricism #Hume #universals