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September 17, 2022
Urination and Self-expression in the Arts
The cartoon is a wry commentary on some modernist performances. Why have so many modernists and postmodernists been pre-occupied with urine and feces? If art is about expressing oneself, what kind of self are such artists expressing? Or if art is a window into the artist’s soul, what kind of souls are being exposed here? …
Speaking at The Atlas Society 2022 Gala
I will be participating in two talks/panels at this gala event in California’s glamorous Calamigos Ranch, just outside Malibu. The evening celebration will honor entrepreneur Michael Saylor of MicroStrategy, and the day events will include discussions by philosopher David Kelley, economist Richard Salsman, philosopher Jason Hill, and political commentator Robert Tracinski. You are cordially invited …
September 16, 2022
Lyotard channeling Lenin
In Chapter 5 of Postmodern Fables (University of Minnesota Press, 1997), Jean-François Lyotard writes this about the Iraqi dictatorship: “Saddam Hussein is a product of Western departments of state and big companies, just as Hitler, Mussolini, and Franco were born of the ‘peace’ imposed on their countries by the victors of the Great War. Saddam …
La Tolerancia Aumenta Bajo el Capitalismo Liberal [*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. Argumento 11: La tolerancia aumenta bajo el …
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September 15, 2022
Liberalism: Pro & Con* en Español coming soon
My Liberalism: Pro and Con has been translated into Spanish by Fermin Elizalde. We’re serially publishing here each part prior to the publication of the book as a whole. The English version: Amazon. From the blurb for the English edition: In this primer, we take up the best arguments for and against liberalism. I make …
September 14, 2022
Today: “Kant & Absolute Duty” [Education’s Villains and Heroes course]
Today is our fourth session of the online course “Education’s Villains and Heroes”, when we will discuss German philosopher Immanuel Kant on educating for duty. * Reading to prepare for this session: Excerpts from On Education (1803). * Link to register: ZOOM. To see more of our courses and related topics, visit Atlas Intellectuals. Related: Professor Hicks’s …
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September 13, 2022
Kant and Sulzer on Obedience in Education
Tomorrow I’m leading a live, open seminar on Kant’s views on education. In Britain and America in the 1700s, the most influential philosopher of education was John Locke, with his Some Thoughts Concerning Education. In France, it was Jean-Jacques Rousseau with his Emile. But in the German states, it was Johann Georg Sulzer, with his …
Anti-social behavior, “selfish” and “altruist”
Suppose that Albrecht is a jerk. He comes home to his wife Gertha and proceeds to order her around. He expects her to cater to his desires, and when she does not he admonishes her in cutting tones. Many would say that Albrecht is “selfish” — using “selfish” to mean someone who expects benefits at …
September 12, 2022
Kurt Vonnegut’s letter
Students at Xavier High School in New York City were assigned to write their favorite authors to persuade them to visit the school. Five wrote to Kurt Vonnegut, author of Cat’s Cradle, Slaughterhouse Five, and other novels. Vonnegut was the only author to reply. While he declined to visit the school (for a reason given …
September 10, 2022
Is Postmodernism Right-Wing? Audience Q&A
Audience Q&A after this debate between professors John Quiggin and Stephen Hicks. * Did Burke and the Right generate postmodernism? * Is Trump a postmodernist? * Was John Stuart Mill a socialist? * What is libertarianism? * Fake news—new or more of the same? * Is climate-change denialism postmodern? * Is “That offends me” un-Australian? …
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