The Palestinians' Most Deadly Weapon Against Israel: Altruism

Описание: In this episode of the Ayn Rand Institute Podcast, Elan Journo, Nikos Sotirakopoulos, and Tristan De Liège explore how altruism clouds moral clarity about the Israel-Hamas war, undermining Israel’s righteous cause and whitewashing Hamas’ evil.

Among the topics covered:
● 0:00 Introduction;
● 2:51 How the media coverage of the war has become egregiously deferential to Hamas and Hezbollah;
● 9:07 How altruism corrupts journalism by distorting moral judgment;
● 16:17 Why media deception deliberately aims to manipulate emotions;
● 27:05 The nature of Hamas’s totalitarian ideology;
● 32:29 Why genocide claims flout serious thinking about innocents in war;
● 38:42 How altruism cripples Israel's moral confidence in its cause.

Recommended in this podcast is Journo's book What Justice Demands: America and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict [https://www.amazon.com/What-Justice-D...].
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