Discussing my worldview w/Bryan (who heard me on Pakman & The Majority Report w/Sam Seder) - DNS #15

Intro 0:00 Ethics 1:21 Does putting your own oxygen mask on first exemplify rational self-interest? 7:20 Lifeboat example 10:05 Back to the oxygen mask case 22:47 Morality and practicality 26:02 Back to the oxygen mask case (again) Metaethics 31:29 How do you justify that you should do what best serves you? 37:16 The primary choice (subsection) Metaphysics 45:17 Analogizing the primary choice to God and the universe: time, space, Big Bang, eternity, infinity, infinite regress, and identity 52:55 The law of identity (subsection) 1:10:33 Deism (subsection) A bit about Bryan’s background 1:20:35 Politics 1:23:05 Coercion, taxation, regulation, anarchy 1:26:48 Is taxation sort of a trade? Is it like being mugged? 1:30:22 Voting, democracy, Socrates, and mob rule 1:35:31 Government financing in a free society 1:39:07 The military and foreign policy in a free society, 9/11 terrorist attacks 1:43:03 Altruism in war, pre-empting terrorist attacks, oil in the Mideast—who should own it? Britain and dictatorship Outro 1:49:29 https://www.patreon.com/DanNorton #aynrand #objectivism #pakman #samseder #majorityreport #debate #worldview #philosophy #ethics #metaethics #metaphysics #politics #oxygenmask #egoism #rational #selfinterest #selfishness #lifeboat #morality #practicality #primarychoice #God #universe #time #space #bigbang #eternity #infinity #infiniteregress #identity #lawofidentity #deism #coercion #taxation #regulation #anarchy #trade #mugging #voting #democracy #socrates #mobrule #government #financing #free #freedom #liberty #society #military #foreignpolicy #911 #september11 #terrorism #terrorist #altruism #war #oil #mideast #property #Britain #bp #britishpetroleum #dictatorship #monarchy