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The Ayn Rand Institute Podcast explores pressing cultural issues from the perspective of Rand's philosophy, Objectivism.
In this episode of The Ayn Rand Institute Podcast, Tristan de Liège, Mike Mazza, Gregory Salmieri and Ben Bayer discuss Kevin Mitchell’s book, Free Agents: How Evolution Gave Us Free Will.
Topics include:
The locus of free will;
Moral responsibility;
The relevance of quantum mechanics;
Determinism;
Aristotle;
Randomness and indeterminacy;
“Agent causation” vs entity causation;
Blank slate.
Resources:
Harry Binswanger’s essay “Volition as Cognitive Self-Regulation.”
This episode was recorded on October 9, 2025, and posted on October 24, 2025.
The Ayn Rand Institute Podcast
The Ayn Rand Institute Podcast explores pressing cultural issues from the perspective of Rand's philosophy, Objectivism.
