On a Pedestal: Sport as an Arena for Admiration<\/p>\n

This talk explores the value of admiration in the realm of sports. At a time when much in the world around us seems distinctly un-admirable, spotlighting athletes\u2019 achievements offers a refreshing antidote. Even those who aren\u2019t sports fans can gain a deeper appreciation of how admiration itself is a value and can contribute to the admirer\u2019s own flourishing. We explore how the sight of an achievement (as Ayn Rand observed) is, indeed, a glorious thing.<\/p>\n

This talk was recorded live in Newport Beach, California, at Objectivist Summer Conference 2018.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On a Pedestal: Sport as an Arena for Admiration This talk explores the value of admiration in the realm of sports. At a time when much in the world around us seems distinctly un-admirable, spotlighting athletes\u2019 achievements offers a refreshing antidote. Even those who aren\u2019t sports fans can gain a deeper appreciation of how admiration…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"audio","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[221,242,214,215,228,303,269,278,286,308,240,232,309,277,222,226,7,292,293,301,227,274,321,325,249,273,322,280,327,328,246,243,288,23,314,262,258,299,295,259,234,319,236,229,13,318,248,253,218,281,233,287,291,276,329,289,275,296,239,267,268,173,271,310,305,282,324,312,220,302,257,152,263,224,298,237,279,216,238,265,251,256,157,37,270,272,66,254,285,311,264,225,304,252,247,235,212,231,284,316,244,323,255,230,313,266,315,260,219,213,217,306,300,307,283,297,245,250,261,223,294,320,149,241,11,290,317,326],"class_list":["post-43","post","type-post","status-publish","format-audio","hentry","category-podcast","tag-ability","tag-accomplishment","tag-achievement","tag-admiration","tag-admire","tag-adversity","tag-all-star","tag-ambition","tag-ambitiousness","tag-apollo-11","tag-appraisal","tag-approval","tag-art","tag-aspiration","tag-athlete","tag-athletics","tag-ayn-rand","tag-baseball","tag-basketball","tag-beijing","tag-benevolent-universe","tag-best","tag-better","tag-boston-red-sox","tag-broadcast","tag-celebration","tag-champion","tag-championship","tag-chicago-cubs","tag-cleveland-cavaliers","tag-coach","tag-comeback","tag-compete","tag-culture","tag-dedication","tag-determination","tag-discipline","tag-doug-flutie","tag-dreams","tag-effort","tag-emotion","tag-energy","tag-enthusiasm","tag-esteem","tag-ethics","tag-ethos","tag-excellence","tag-extraordinary","tag-fans","tag-faster","tag-feeling","tag-field-of-dreams","tag-football","tag-game","tag-glorious","tag-glory","tag-goal","tag-goals","tag-good","tag-great","tag-greatness","tag-growth","tag-hall-of-fame","tag-hero","tag-heroics","tag-higher","tag-hope","tag-human","tag-human-achievement","tag-hussein-bolt","tag-ideal","tag-individual","tag-inspiration","tag-intelligence","tag-joseph-epstein","tag-judgment","tag-league","tag-life","tag-love","tag-magnanimity","tag-match","tag-medal","tag-moral","tag-morality","tag-mvp","tag-nfl","tag-objectivism","tag-olympics","tag-perfection","tag-perform","tag-perseverence","tag-persistence","tag-pittsburgh","tag-play","tag-playoff","tag-positive","tag-praise","tag-praiseworthy","tag-pride","tag-prize","tag-quality","tag-quest","tag-records","tag-respect","tag-role-model","tag-score","tag-self-confidence","tag-self-discipline","tag-sense-of-life","tag-sport","tag-sports","tag-stadium","tag-steelers","tag-striving","tag-stronger","tag-success","tag-superlative","tag-team","tag-teamwork","tag-tenacity","tag-tennis","tag-tom-brady","tag-value","tag-victory","tag-virtue","tag-wimbledon","tag-winner","tag-world-series","post_format-post-format-audio"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arilive.aynrand.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arilive.aynrand.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arilive.aynrand.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arilive.aynrand.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arilive.aynrand.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/arilive.aynrand.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46,"href":"https:\/\/arilive.aynrand.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43\/revisions\/46"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arilive.aynrand.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arilive.aynrand.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arilive.aynrand.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}