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February 7, 2023
Interview: Terry Noel on the virtuous entrepreneur
Courage. Resilience. Independence of mind: my thirteen-minute interview at Center for Ethics and Entrepreneurship with Dr. Terry Noel. More interviews with CEE’s guest speakers are available here.
February 5, 2023
Socialism and Dictatorship: Three Opinions
The great economist Mises claimed that “Every socialist is a disguised dictator.” He had in mind those socialists who want to be nice and so who add adjectives like “democratic” or “reformist” to their socialism. Setting aside the simply young and naïve, Mises’s claim is that socialism is a front or a mask for those …
Science *and* Religion or Science *vs.* Religion? | Galileo Galilei | *Philosophers, Explained*
In this episode of Philosophers, Explained, Dr. Hicks discusses the open letter Galileo wrote arguing that true science and true religion are in fact compatible. Episodes: The full playlist. Stephen R. C. Hicks, Ph.D., is Professor of Philosophy at Rockford University, USA, and has had visiting positions at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., the University …
February 4, 2023
Professor Hicks Answers 22 Questions about Philosophy
Should One be Cynical or Benevolent? | How Can I Find My Own Voice? | Who is Your Favorite Artist? | Why did Art become Ugly? | What is Postmodernism? | What is Art? | Is Ambition Good? | Is Capitalism the Most Moral System? | What Is Capitalism? | Is Individualism Important? | What …
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El liberalismo es amoralmente egoísta [Liberalism: Pro & Con en Español]
Quince argumentos para el Capitalismo Liberal: Este post va a formar parte de una serie de argumentos del libro “Liberalism: Pro & Con” de Stephen Hicks en español. Pueden encontrar todos los argumentos que serán publicados en orden en el siguiente link: Liberalism: Pro & Con en español. EN CONTRA Argumento 3: El liberalismo es …
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Why Foucault as “basically a Nazi”?
Getting some flak for the placement of Michel Foucault on this spectrum between Marx and Heidegger. So: remember that Foucault himself said: “I am simply a Nietzschean.” And: “Heidegger has always been for me the essential philosopher.”* Heidegger was a member of the National Socialist Party in the 1930s and 1940s. Foucault was a member …
February 3, 2023
On race pride and shame (Zora Neale Hurston)
Well said: Another favorite line from Hurston: “Sometimes, I feel discriminated against, but it does not make me angry. It merely astonishes me. How can any deny themselves the pleasure of my company? It’s beyond me.” (Source: Zora Neale Hurston, “How It Feels to Be Colored Me,” 1928).
February 2, 2023
Frederick Douglass’s letter to his former master
Reprising this open letter Douglass wrote in 1848 to Thomas Auld, his former master, on the tenth anniversary of his escape from slavery to freedom. TO MY OLD MASTER. Thomas Auld, Sir: The long and intimate, though by no means friendly, relation which unhappily subsisted between you and myself, leads me to hope that you …
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February 1, 2023
Next three in *Philosophers, Explained*: Kant, Dewey, Thales (and Homer)
The next three in the new Philosophers, Explained by Stephen Hicks series will be: 26 Immanuel Kant on educating for duty and obedience. On Education. 27 John Dewey against “individualism” and for “democratic” education. Democracy and Education. 28 Thales and the beginnings of Western philosophy. And in contrast to Homer’s The Iliad. 1 Immanuel Kant …
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Michael Newberry | Thoughts on Key Works of Art in History
In this series of 29 short videos, artist Michael Newberry discusses key works in the history of art. Michael Newberry is a California-based artist who has exhibited across Europe and North America. He is the author of books on color theory, philosophy of art, modernism and postmodernism in art, and art history. We invited him …
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