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Should an egoist save a drowning child? Ayn Rand, Peter Singer, and the ethics of emergencies; etc.
from The Dan Norton Show · host Dan Norton
23 October 2025, Livestream #60 0:00 Intro Should an egoist save a drowning child? Emotionalism Helping strangers "The Ethics of Emergencies," by Ayn Rand (1963) "Famine, Affluence, and Morality," by Peter Singer (1972) Intrinsicism 1:16:43 Are beggars responsible for their own condition? Underlying causes of emergencies My experience giving money to beggars Working on 2nd commentary video on my calls to The David Pakman Show Engaging with chatters My YouTube analytics 1:53:50 "What could possibly justify egoism?" (mynameisjefferson3771) The origin of our ideas of "good" and "bad" Helping beggars (continued) Diogenes and material needs [...] Atheism Outro More topics and timestamps may be added to the description later. You may want to use the AI "Ask" feature in YouTube (if it's available) for a summary of the video with timestamps, especially if I don't have time to create a fuller description myself. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ www.patreon.com/DanNorton www.paypal.me/DanNorton11 #aynrand #objectivism #philosophy #debate
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