"What to Do About Crime" by Leonard Peikoff
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This lecture was delivered at Boston’s Ford Hall Forum in 1995.
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In this 1995 lecture delivered at Boston’s Ford Hall Forum, philosopher Leonard Peikoff addresses the problem of crime, exploring the traits that criminals have in common and examining their cultural origins. Social scientists have sought to explain the dramatic rise in crime rates by reference to other cultural phenomena such as TV violence, drugs, poverty, peer pressure, and urbanization. Unsatisfied by these explanations, Peikoff takes a wider, philosophical perspective: “Perhaps, after all, you need to understand something about values and human nature in order to understand and cope with crime.”
Looking at the small minority of people who commit the vast majority of violent and serious crimes, such as rape, assault, murder, robbery and theft, Peikoff identifies five traits that these criminals have in common. Peikoff argues that criminals are ultimately motivated by the ideas they accept, and he ties the rising crime rate to widespread philosophical ideas that have permeated the culture. Concluding that major responsibility is attributable to “the humanities professors with tenure who built our crime-friendly culture,” Peikoff adds: “The solution is not midnight basketball, but daytime philosophy.”
The Q&A that follows the lecture expands on its subject matter and also includes the following topics:
President Clinton’s election and the Republican Party
Social Security and Medicare
The Oklahoma City bombing
“Family values” and crime prevention
Prayer in school
Fear as a motivation to prevent crime
What constitutes a threat?
President Roosevelt and the New Deal
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Great talk thanks
Very good.
How is it possible to participate in this world and maintain objectivist values?
I don’t claim to be one, but I sure do respect you nerds
Simply put, by being very stubborn.
The more you participate the happier you become, and in my view if that's the goal it gets easier the further you get
Reason is the only solution. Peikoff is right.
Anarchy by bureaucrats
More relevant than ever in light of the recent raid on the capital
There was no raid
They are expedient!
Emile Durkheim said , when the ores of society are sufficient ,laws are unnecessary, when they are not, they are unenforceable,hmmmm.
In most of his explination, I agree. HOWEVER, he does have his biases.
1) LOVE DOES conquer all. THat HAS BEEN SHOWN FOR MANY YEARS/Situations.
2)lOVE DOES NOT MEAN A LACK OF RESPONSIBILITY
3) Love is ALWAYS connected to worth, which is SACRIFICE.
4) NOW, check the German, and the Norwegian penal systems, which involve inculcating Normal lifestyles, with work, in their systems. Very little criminal behavior there. The recidivism is between 5-8%---Far LESS THAN THE Leftist AND Rightist (Calvinist, It appears).
THOSE systems clearly inculcate and demonstrate WORTH, which keeps criminal behavior from re-affecting us AND THEM.
"Love is ALWAYS connected to worth, which is SACRIFICE." You are going to have to explain this one to me. I get the first part (love and worth) but worth and sacrifice being the same thing is something I don't get.
Love does not conquer, it simply sets things right.
German, and the Norwegian penal systems, are the worst beeing since the human existence.
To treat worth and sacrifice as the same thing, shows us what a self-righteous person posted this text, probably one of this child molester protectors from germany or norwegian itself..
5-8% keep your perverted lies to yourself!
No mention of the Drug War
He is also wrong about Waco
My apologies
He does mention the drug war
Should have finished it I guess
You’re straight up lying. He explicitly denounced the war on drugs in the q&a, and what exactly is wrong with his take on Waco?
@@Thindorama 2nd Amendment: "A well regulated **Militia** being necessary to the security of a **free** State, the right of the people to **keep and bear Arms** shall not be infringed."
Peikoff: "When you get to the point when **citizens have their own armies** and arsenals, that is the **end of a free** country..." "I think it should be a crime to start these [ para **military** ] formations"
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And drug war should be in lection cause it happens in the same time.
Has happened
Piekoff talks too much and creates too many oxymorons.Makes a great point and then contradicts himself forty five minutes later.
Got an example?