Famine by social system, 20th century chart
Some data for my class discussions of wealth and poverty: Source.
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Jordan Peterson and the Pronoun Wars
In December 2016, Mark Michael Lewis interviewed me on a variety of topics, including the pronoun wars. At that point, Professor Jordan Peterson had recently taken a strong public stand against being required to use some newly proposed pronouns, and that refusal had generated controversy. Here is my four-minute opinion (from 36:06 to 40:21 in
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Religion and capitalism? Alvaro Vargas Llosa
Some questions: Has religion helped or hindered the development of modern free societies? Did the Protestant work-ethic make capitalism? Do Catholicism and Eastern Orthodox explain why the PIIGS (Portugal, Italy, Ireland, Greece, and Spain) have been among the most economically-troubled European nations? Is the economic backwardness of much of the Middle East due to Islam?
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Course Syllabi, Spring Semester 2018
In PDF format: Ethics (PHIL 122) and Business and Economic Ethics (PHIL 325). I’m also happy that we will have seven guest speakers this semester, sponsored by the Center for Ethics and Entrepreneurship. We will learn from two economists, three philosophers who specialize in ethics, and two executive-entrepreneurs: * Jennifer Dirmeyer, Assistant Professor of Economics,
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Terry Noel: Management and Entrepreneurship [transcript]
[This lecture is Part 3 of the Entrepreneurship and Values series and was recorded at Rockford University and sponsored by the Center for Ethics and Entrepreneurship.] Terry Noel on Management and Entrepreneurship Hello, my name is Terry Noel. I am an Associate Professor of Management and Quantitative Methods at Illinois State University. Today, we are going to talk
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“Is Political Evil Built Into Religion?” [CHURCH and STATE]
At Britain’s CHURCH and STATE site, my article “Is Political Evil Built Into Religion?” has been republished. It is common in debates for atheists to cite the long history of fanaticism, torture, and war that religion has caused and for theists to respond that such evils are aberrations and that their own preferred religion, properly
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The psychology of inequality — a datum
“A famous experiment at Harvard University’s School of Public Health in 1995. In it, a group of students and faculty were asked to choose between earning $50,000 per year while everyone else earned $25,000 — or earning $100,000 per year while others made $200,000. The researchers stipulated that prices of goods and services would be
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Eric Hoffer on true believers and false fronts
Ten of my favorites from the always perceptive Eric Hoffer: “Faith in a holy cause is to a considerable extent a substitute for lost faith in ourselves.” “The game of history is usually played by the best and the worst over the heads of the majority in the middle.” “When people are free to do
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