Who is David Brat? Meet the Economics Professor Who Defeated Eric Cantor - Washington Wire - WSJ
"His other published works include the titles “God and Advanced Mammon – Can Theological Types Handle Usury and Capitalism?” and “An Analysis of the Moral Foundations in Ayn Rand.”
(Yes, I stole this from Michael Brown's facebook post. Thanks Michael :)
(Yes, I stole this from Michael Brown's facebook post. Thanks Michael :)
Wow....
And, Christians can embrace Ayn Rand. FWIW...A is A....
Yep. It was David Brat.
If there is a God who intervenes in something like a Republican primary, where the "heck" was she in November of 2008 and 20012 when it really would have made a difference?
"Everyone has the right to be a pain in the ass, Durfee... you abuse the privilege."
- The Heist
I'll tell you what I told myself when I was much younger and learning to cope with the world: God created the universe to His purpose, and runs it as He sees fit. I don't know why He didn't intervene in 2008 or 2012, but I'm guessing it's because that's the way He wanted history to run. Maybe He saved us from global thermonuclear war. Maybe He knows that there are no lessons learned so well as those learned through experience.
And in answer to your question: reflex.
As I keep saying, Jesus commanded *individuals* to help those in need (e.g. widows, orphans, cripples), not to force one's neighbour to help other people.
Jesus did not formulate a politics at all. He was primarily preoccupied with other-worldliness, with a duty to help others on earth a distant second. Every ethics leads to a politics, and it didn't take much for the mysticism and duty to sacrifice to be adopted politically to enforce it.
Those who are interested can listen to the podcast (without commercials) here:
http://www.marklevinshow.com/common/page...
He's clearly religious (sorry, O's), but also seems to place morality as the same foundational need as many here would.
I just looked, and found only that the BB&T bank
CEO is affiliated, bringing $$ to Dr. Brat's college
for education to include Rand, which Brat helped
to prepare & present..... -- j
p.s. I couldn't find the paper which Brat wrote.
We could not get ahold of the paper either. from National Review online:
"Brat’s background should make him especially appealing to conservative organizations. He chairs the department of economics and business at Randolph-Macon College and heads its BB&T Moral Foundations of Capitalism program. The funding for the program came from John Allison, the former CEO of BB&T (a financial-services company) who now heads the Cato Institute. The two share an affinity for Ayn Rand: Allison is a major supporter of the Ayn Rand Institute, and Brat co-authored a paper titled “An Analysis of the Moral Foundations in Ayn Rand.” Brat says that while he isn’t a Randian, he has been influenced by Atlas Shrugged and appreciates Rand’s case for human freedom and free markets."
I can't find the original article I read that said that-but now I'm wondering-there was some inaccurate reporting that first night when he shows up on everyone's radar. Perhaps this association with Allison is what they are referring to.
Brat is not "affiliated" with ARI. If he happens to be a member by donating a small amount, anyone can do that, but there has been no statement that he does even that.
He is getting money from the BB&T foundation for an educational program, not with an endorsement of his own views, which are primarily religious.
The title of his article on Ayn Rand's moral foundations does not indicate whether he is for or against it, or even totally confused.
Some leftist writers see the name BB&T and the title of his article and leap to the conclusion that he is a strong advocate of Ayn Rand, which sends them into a frenzy that dwarfs whatever concern with the religion they may have.
You mean the media lied to me? Again?