I was interviewed by David Hutzelman on a variety of topics: entrepreneurial ethics, why business ethics should focus on the positive more than the negative, our cultural progress in developing institutions of trust and becoming comfortable with non-traditional social relationships. Here’s Part I of the interview:
Update: The full interview is now available. In the second half we discuss the exit and voice differences between political and market management, sports ethics, the parallels between sports and business, whether one should be optimistic or pessimistic about the future, Ayn Rand and (briefly) Austrian economics.
Dear Stephen: thank you for all the marvelous present you have given us opening to everybody your great course on education. I feel already like a friend of yours since I’ve listened several times the complete course. I know how much effort is behind such a complete course and appreciate it fully.
I am almost a doctor of philosophy, I am writing my thesis on education: how would it be to educate based upon Heidegger anthropology, in other words to educate the DASEIN.
I am a 65 years old civil engineer born in Chile that suffered under the dictatorship of Pinochet. As a political prisoner I left the country to Paris, France after the military punch in 1973. I taught at the University in Paris. Then I went to India for four years, since I became interested in oriental philosophy. Back in Chile we overthrew the regime in 1990 and I became a major of ÑUÑOA which is a county of Santiago. After that I have being a councilor.
Seven years ago I started my studies of philosophy at the University of Chile. first I did the Master degree and after that I started my doctorate. I have already finished the courses and I’ve been for two years investigating and writing my thesis .
I have recorded in my iPhone your lessons on education and I listen to them every morning when I go walking. Thank you a lot sincerely for your wonderful present.
Pablo Vergara