The opening of my latest column at EveryJoe: “An ancient myth tells of a poor young man who found a magical ring. The young man’s name was Gyges. He was a shepherd, responsible for tending his village’s sheep as they grazed in the summer meadows away in the hills. His job was lonely, poorly paid, […]
Are We Too Wicked for Freedom? [new The Good Life column] Read More »
Which philosopher writes the most mind-numbingly long sentences? Ken Brown sends in a new contender — a 179 word-marathon from John Stuart Mill’s Utilitarianism: “But inasmuch as the cultivation in ourselves of a sensitive feeling on the subject of veracity, is one of the most useful, and the enfeeblement of that feeling one of the
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Em colunas anteriores, tratamos sobre sexo e dinheiro. Agora, vamos falar de poder. Assim como o sexo e o dinheiro — e a maioria das coisas importantes da vida — muitas bobagens são ditas sobre o poder. Talvez a principal de todas elas seja a frase frequentemente citada “o poder corrompe, e o poder absoluto corrompe absolutamente”. Através de
O poder não corrompe — o caráter é o que realmente importa Read More »
And: “Should I Marry You?” Answers From the Philosophers. At The Good Life:
Puritan Valentine’s Day thoughts Read More »
The opening of my latest column at EveryJoe: “Romance is in the air, and even the lovers of wisdom are not immune from its allure. “So here is a round-up of philosophers talking to their sweethearts – collected from conversations overheard at smoky cafés, college libraries, mountain paths, and seminar rooms the world over. The Aristotelian: “I
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New transcription: Dr. William Kline spoke at Rockford University on business ethics. My follow-up interview with him on the main points of his talk are below in video and transcribed-text form: Interview with William Kline, Ph.D., on Business Ethics Interview conducted at Rockford College by Stephen Hicks, Ph.D. The Center for Ethics and Entrepreneurship Hicks:
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Você já ouviu a afirmação: “a desregulamentação causou a crise financeira”. Nos anos que antecederam a 2008, diz a história, maus economistas convenceram maus políticos a desregularem os setores bancário e financeiro da economia, e maus capitalistas desfrutaram de uma orgia de ganância que fez com que o sistema enlouquecesse. Os prêmios Nobel Joseph Stiglitz
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My page devoted to posts and essays in Intellectual History has been updated to include recent posts: * Unamuno on Kant on God in the first two Critiques. * Heine versus Nietzsche on obscurantism in philosophy. * Should We Thank Coffee for Modern Civilization? * Burckhardt quotation on the birth of individualism in the Italian
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