Is Morality Difficult or Easy to Practice? by Leonard Peikoff

[@jacebastian7192]

I must have listened to this whole lecture almost a dozen times by now... but I've probably listened to the part where Dr. Peikoff says "If it's that hard, then to HELL with it" even more, lol. I've definitely equated "suffering" with "this is 'good' for me to do" A LOT in my life, and every time I hear Dr. Peikoff say that I still breathe a huge sigh of relief. I'm still struggling, but it's gotten so, SO much easier to deal with all my wrong ideas and replace them with the right ones, and to feel like I really can be happy because of the help of all of Ayn Rand's and Dr. Peikoff's writings and lectures. Thank you so much Dr. Peikoff for this great reminder, and ARI for posting it, and of course Miss Rand herself. :)

[@YashArya01]

Unity in Ethics as the Virtue of Integrity 00:00 Delimiting the subject 6:39 Morality and mental effort 13:30 What does it mean to focus? 21:40 Focusing is not a painful demand 36:45 Is it difficult or easy to act morally? 40:44 Unity and the problem of moral conflict 54:40 Hank Rearden: Integrity and Moral Conflict Principle: You cannot be expected to act on a belief which annihilates your own life as you see it, even if you mistakenly believe in that idea. Intrinsicist: Integrity is a categorical imperative. If you believe it, act on it, regardless of the consequences. Subjective: There is no integrity. Act on whatever you feel like. Objective: Integrity is a Virtue with Life as the Standard. If a course of action makes you suffer intensely and for a prolonged period of time, something is wrong. Check your premises. You cannot integrate a falsehood with the rest of your knowledge. Integrity is your responsibility to follow rational principles, which depends on first correcting your contradictions. Some part of your mind must continuously integrate true ideas and disintegrate false ideas. Eventually it becomes incremental and easier. 1:18:38 Question Period 1:39:20 Questions from Lecture 1