Ayn Rand on Humor (MP3 download) About Ayn Rand's WorksBy Robert Mayhew Ayn Rand's remarks on humor constitute a fascinating and original perspective. In this course, Dr. Mayhew presents her conception of humor and shows its connection to basic issues in Objectivism, e. g., metaphysical value judgments, the metaphysical versus the man made and the benevolent universe premise. Next, he discusses Ayn Rand's use of humor in her fiction, from her earliest works to Atlas Shrugged. Finally, he contrasts her
and thus betray their true selves
as well as a number of ongoing antitrust cases
Aristotle deserves Ayn Rand's description of him as "the philosophical father of the Constitution of the United States
by using the categories to examine the culturally representative fields of literature
Should a writer's work "propagandize" for his particular philosophy of life
Mainstream media and mainstream economists have blamed today's financial crisis on a failure of "free markets
Concepts of Consciousness
the first world-scale wars in the west
Hammurabi's Code - consisting of easily understood rules inscribed on a stone pillar in a public square - gave mankind a shining example of how law can be objective in form
The book's concluding section applies moral and economic principles to the current economic crisis
But is this the correct strategy
Mayhew pays special attention to Book 10 of the Laws
