The Dan Norton Show, 25 July 2026
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0:00 Intro
5:45 Debate review preliminaries
The meaning of "objective"
Objective Ethics and Ayn Rand
13:22 Objective Ethics' opening statement begins
The meaning of "objective"
Objective Ethics and Ayn Rand
Morality and free will
Social view of morality
"Stance-independent"
28:15 The epistemological sense of "objective"
Morality and hypothetical imperatives
Morality and social relationships
Bridging the is-ought gap
Free will and morality, determinism, compatibilism
Evolution and life as the standard of value
1:17:48 Bones' opening statement
1:35:43 Hunter's opening statement
1:54:38 Vybe's opening statement
2:12:40 Open discussion
4:59:19 Closing statements
Vybe's closing statement
Hunter's closing statement
Bones' closing statement
Objective Ethics' closing statement
5:08:35 End of closing statements
5:09:54 I re-cap main themes in my comments
5:13:42 Engaging with chat
TikTok
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Thanks to Objective Ethics, who is in the debate reviewed in this video, for sponsoring this review. You can find his YouTube channel here: @ObjectiveEthics . The debate was originally hosted at The Raging Tomato ( @the_raging_tomato ).
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