The Intellectual Bankruptcy of Our Age (MP3 download) The Arts

The Intellectual Bankruptcy of Our Age (MP3 download) The ArtsBy Ayn Rand In this 1961 lecture, Ayn Rand argues that Americas intellectuals defaulted on their responsibility to understand and defend capitalism. In particular, Rand contends that intellectuals failed to grasp the source of businessmens productivity and the destructive effects of collectivist schemes implemented by physical force. By failing to uphold the value of individual liberty, intellectuals paved the way for authoritarian states and the

Ayn Rand Fest:

of demonstrating the selfish value of knowledge

a lethal ideology calling for holy war against infidels

either we relinquish control of our minds (intrinsicism) or we give up reality (subjectivism)

and consequences of the war

the Rationalistic misuse of principles

Debi Ghate

the integration of sensations into percepts

Chapter 1: Introduction

the choice we make is not whether to have a philosophy

Each of these plays offers a concretized presentation of values held deeply by Objectivists (even if they contain philosophic errors)

With his groundbreaking and controversial DIM hypothesis