Ayn Rand on the Death of Innocents in War

Read Ayn Rand’s 1966 essay “The Roots of War” here:
https://aynrand.org/the-roots-of-war/

These were Ayn Rand's extemporaneous answers to questions from audience members after delivering remarks that were not primarily on the topic of war and peace.

Can you defend one country attacking another?
Ayn Rand, “Global Balkanization,” Q&A Period, Ford Hall Forum Lecture, 1977.
   • "Global Balkanization" by Ayn Rand  

What do you think about the killing of innocent people in war?
Ayn Rand, “A Nation’s Unity,” Q&A Period, Ford Hall Forum Lecture, 1972.
   • "A Nation’s Unity" by Ayn Rand  

Assume the Soviet Union started a war of aggression; assume also that within the Soviet Union there are individuals opposed to communism. How do you handle this conflict?
Ayn Rand, “The Moral Factor,” Q&A Period, Ford Hall Forum Lecture, 1976.
   • "The Moral Factor" by Ayn Rand  

What do you think of the concept of international law?
Ayn Rand, "Workshop on Objectivist Ethics and Politics," 1970.
© Leonard Peikoff (Ayn Rand Archives).

Ayn Rand wrote at greater length on the subject of war and peace, and why nuclear weapons are too terrible to be entrusted to statist governments in her 1966 essay, "The Roots of War."
Essay available here: https://courses.aynrand.org/works/the...
Or in the book Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal
https://a.co/d/g3xjTd2

TIMESTAMPS:
(00:00) - Intro
(00:15) - Can you defend one country attacking another?
(02:35) - What do you think about the killing of innocent people in war?
(04:10) - Assume the Soviet Union started a war of aggression; assume also that within the Soviet Union there are individuals opposed to communism. How do you handle this conflict?
(06:39) - What do you think of the concept of international law?

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