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NoodleCast #42: Live Rationally Selfish Webcast
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Posted: 08 Nov 2010 01:00 PM PST

Craig Biddle has posted a short FAQ entitled, "Answers to Questions about 'Justice for John P. McCaskey'". This is his reply to various questions he has received on his essay, "Justice for John P. McCaskey".

NoodleCast #42: Live Rationally Selfish Webcast

Posted: 08 Nov 2010 08:42 AM PST

On Sunday, I hosted another live webcast where I answered people's questions on practical ethics as part of my Rationally Selfish Q&A series. The webcast consists of me broadcasting on video, with a live text chat. That's now available as video and as an audio podcast.

At present, these webcasts are held at 9 am MT (8 am PT, 10 am CT, 11 am ET). You can submit and vote on next week's questions on Google Moderator. (Please do so!) I try to comment on all the questions submitted, but I discuss the most popular ones at greater length. You can submit questions and votes until Saturday at noon. To join the webcast at the appointed hour, go here: Rationally Selfish Q&A.

Right now, these webcasts are very experimental, and this episode was my second in this format. Hence, please prepare yourself for plenty of rough edges!

Questions Discussed

We are sometimes forced to choose a professional endeavor out of financial necessity rather than professional passion, leading to difficulty in motivation and decreased creative output. How might one improve effectiveness under those circumstances?
Objectivists seem to be disagreeing a lot recently about some hot button issues. Do you have any principles to suggest on how to best handle such disagreements?
A friend (we were once close, but have grown apart in recent years) confides that she is cheating on her husband & has no plans to tell him. I have no idea what to do--I neither wanted this secret nor want to help keep it from the husband. I'm angry.
If you have a dear friend with depression that is honestly struggling, what can you do to help? I've listened. I've recommended a book Mind Over Mood. I've send a picture each day of a memory and what is says about her i.e. focus on the positive.
Why do some habitually project their death as a means of silencing criticisms or getting people to do what they want? E.g. a senior that intimidates his children to answer the phone by stating his next call might be while he's actively dying.

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