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Virtues in Entrepreneurship anthology published by Ratio Institute

Business Ethics, Entrepreneurship / Stephen Hicks

My essay “Virtue, Entrepreneurial Ethics, and Corporate Social Responsibility” has been published in Virtue in Entrepreneurship, edited by Nils Karlson, Mikolaj Norek, and Karl Wennberg (Stockholm: Ratio Institute, 2015). Other contributors include Deirdre McCloskey, Eugene Heath, Art Carden, Lynette Osiemo, Robert Gemmel, David Lipka, Elina Fergin, and Rasmus Nykvist. The book is available in Sweden […]

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On the legitimacy of Nietzsche’s The Will to Power

Leave a Comment / Philosophy / Stephen Hicks

[I wrote the following in 1999 in response to several people who wrote to me with objections to my and others’ use of The Will to Power in interpreting Nietzsche.] Dear [ ]: Every word in The Will to Power was written by Nietzsche in his notebooks of 1883-1888. Some of the notes were his

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Blamestorming and Environmental Problems (Part I) [new The Good Life column]

Leave a Comment / The Good Life / Stephen Hicks

The opening of my latest column at EveryJoe: “Some parts of the world really are environmental Hells. They are dirty and depleted, making them unhealthy and economically unsustainable. We can argue about the severity of various places’ problems, but I want to focus on another aspect of the debate: determining accurately the causes of the degradation so we can

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Philosophy as a bunch of jibjab

2 Comments / Philosophy, Poetry / Stephen Hicks

A commentator at my site objects to my discussion of Existentialism and the meaning of life: “In all honesty this is just a bunch of JibJab with really no actual true meaning funny how people waste years and thousands studying this irrelevant b***** go out side be outdoors live a little bit” The Urban Dictionary

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A liberdade de expressão está morta nas universidades? [Portuguese translation]

Leave a Comment / Free Speech and Censorship / Stephen Hicks

Tempos difíceis para a liberdade de expressão. Há um século, a Alemanha era uma nação autoritária. O Kaiser Guilherme II estava presidindo as forças da nação na 1º Guerra Mundial, enquanto o jovem Adolf Hitler estava trabalhando para ser ele o comandante das forças da nação na 2ª Guerra Mundial. Ao mesmo tempo, a Grã-Bretanha

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Heine on forgiving one’s enemies, but not too soon

Leave a Comment / Ethics / Stephen Hicks

An amusing line from Heinrich Heine (1797-1856), the great German essayist: “One should forgive one’s enemies, but not before they are hanged.” The line is rhetorically similar to Augustine’s “Give me chastity, oh Lord, but not yet,” from Book 8 of Confessions.

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Republicar “Mein Kampf” é a decisão correta? [Portuguese translation]

Leave a Comment / Free Speech and Censorship, History, Politics / Stephen Hicks

As autoridades alemãs permitirão a reimpressão da obra Mein Kampf (tradução oficial, Minha Luta) de Adolf Hitler, após décadas de censura. Pessoas decentes podem argumentar que o livro é muito perigoso para ser publicado. Mas o fato é que Mein Kampf é muito perigoso para não ser publicado. O grande medo é que as ideias de Hitler não estejam mortas e que seu livro

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Nick Cohen on how PC is devouring its own

3 Comments / Free Speech and Censorship, Philosophy / Stephen Hicks

I recommend this strong piece by Nick Cohen in Standpoint magazine out of Britain, on the downward spiral of the anti-free-speech movement. Related: Three of my recent pieces on the state of free speech: * On the German decision: “Is Republishing Hitler’s Mein Kampf the Correct Decision?“ (Portuguese translation.) * On censorship in British universities:

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