Making Effective Choices in the Study Process (MP3 download) About Ayn Rand's Works

Making Effective Choices in the Study Process (MP3 download) About Ayn Rand's WorksBy Edwin A. Locke In this highly useful lecture, Dr. Locke applies Ayn Rand's theory of volition to the process of study. The aspects of efficient studying that he addresses include: 1) the choice of what to study; 2) the choice of what goals to set (including their degree of specificity and difficulty); 3) the choice of what factors to consider when choosing goals; 4) the decision to commit oneself to one's goals; 5) the resolution of conflicts

director of Legal Studies at the Ayn Rand Institute

the nature of the arbitrary

a proper government protects men from criminals and foreign invaders and provides for the settlement of disputes according to objective laws

projected a "radiantly benevolent sense of life

and thereby complete

either-or character of their alternatives makes sense of several of their actions that disturb some readers as unduly harsh (such as Dagny's killing the guard)

showed how conscientious integration is essential to achieving and maintaining objectivity in a legal system

” Rand argues

During his long

Q & A topics include:

Recorded in 2008

and the implications for cultural change in Rome